# Birchwater Airport (AK85)

**Birchwater Airport** (FAA: AK85) is a small airport in Wasilla, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jan 2007. It has one runway, 800 ft (244 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak85

## At a glance

- FAA: AK85
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Wasilla, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jan 2007
- Elevation: 110 ft / 34 m
- Coordinates: 61.4823, -149.7640
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 800 ft / 244 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745163
- Weather station: PABV
- Ident: AK85

## Timeline

- Jan 2007: Birchwater Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 800 ft / 244 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 800 ft / 244 m | =29,647 of 29,858 | =15,347 in North America | =13,798 in US |
| Elevation | 110 ft / 34 m | =36,502 of 43,403 | =16,557 in North America | =13,865 in US |
| Age | Opened 2007 | =12,369 of 15,079 | =9,849 in North America | =9,715 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak85/data