# Chitina Airport (CXC / PAAX)

**Chitina Airport** (IATA: CXC, ICAO: PAAX) is a small airport in Chitina, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1962. It has one runway, 2,850 ft (869 m) long, gravel.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CXC / PAAX
- FAA: CXC
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Chitina, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jul 1962
- Elevation: 556 ft / 170 m
- Coordinates: 61.5829, -144.4270
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,850 ft / 869 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitina_Airport (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745586
- Ident: CXC

## Timeline

- Jul 1962: Chitina Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,850 ft / 869 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 160° / 340° |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [MXY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pamx.md) Mc Carthy Airport · United States · 51 mi / 82 km · Wrangell Mountain Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CXC, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- Wrangell Mountain Air · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,850 ft / 869 m | =17,564 of 29,858 | =7,402 in North America | =6,254 in US |
| Elevation | 556 ft / 170 m | =26,135 of 43,403 | =12,532 in North America | =10,458 in US |
| Age | Opened 1962 | =4,898 of 15,079 | =3,377 in North America | =3,299 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [CZC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/z93.md) Copper Center 2 Airport · 38 mi / 61 km
- [4AK3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4ak3.md) Long Lake Airport · 39 mi / 63 km
- [AK31](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak31.md) Swift Creek Airport · 48 mi / 78 km
- [0AK8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0688.md) Fireweed Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [K55](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k55.md) Thompson Pass Airport · 50 mi / 81 km
- [MXY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pamx.md) Mc Carthy Airport · 51 mi / 82 km

## 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))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Chitina Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chitina_Airport&oldid=1364479403), revision of 16 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/cxc/data