# Mc Carthy Airport (MXY / PAMX)

**Mc Carthy Airport** (IATA: MXY, ICAO: PAMX) is a small airport in Mccarthy, Alaska, United States. It has one runway, 3,501 ft (1,067 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 382 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MXY / PAMX
- FAA: 15Z
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Mccarthy, Alaska, United States
- Elevation: 1,533 ft / 467 m
- Coordinates: 61.4371, -142.9040
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,501 ft / 1,067 m
- Passengers: 382 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthy_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651666
- Weather station: PAMX
- Ident: PAMX

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,501 ft / 1,067 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 82 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 311 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 289 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 305 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 347 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 241 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 291 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 382 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CXC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cxc.md) Chitina Airport · United States · 51 mi / 82 km · Wrangell Mountain Air
- [GKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pagk.md) Gulkana Airport · United States · 97 mi / 156 km · Copper Valley Air Service

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- Copper Valley Air Service · 1
- Wrangell Mountain Air · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 382 (2025) | #3,467 of 3,974 | #918 in North America | #672 in US |
| Longest runway | 3,501 ft / 1,067 m | =12,558 of 29,858 | =4,995 in North America | =4,181 in US |
| Elevation | 1,533 ft / 467 m | #11,772 of 43,403 | #5,110 in North America | #3,883 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [0AK8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0688.md) Fireweed Airport · 2.6 mi / 4.1 km
- [AK31](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak31.md) Swift Creek Airport · 3.7 mi / 5.9 km
- [0AK5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0ak5.md) Young Creek Airport · 8.0 mi / 13 km
- [MYK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/myk.md) May Creek Airport · 10 mi / 16 km
- [4AK3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4ak3.md) Long Lake Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [AK0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak0.md) Jakes Bar Airport · 15 mi / 24 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “McCarthy Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McCarthy_Airport&oldid=1363058228), revision of 7 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/pamx/data