# Salmon Lake Airport (Z81)

**Salmon Lake Airport** (FAA: Z81) is a small airport in Salmon Lake, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1958. It has one runway, 2,000 ft (610 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/z81

## At a glance

- FAA: Z81
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Salmon Lake, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jul 1958
- Elevation: 509 ft / 155 m
- Coordinates: 64.9092, -165.0130
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 ft / 610 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49750461
- Weather station: PAOM · WMO 70200
- Ident: Z81

## Timeline

- Jul 1958: Salmon Lake Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,000 ft / 610 m | 55 ft / 17 m | Gravel |  |  |

- 15/33 slopes 1.6%: threshold 33 at 476 ft / 145 m, threshold 15 at 509 ft / 155 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,000 ft / 610 m | =24,247 of 29,858 | =11,669 in North America | =10,238 in US |
| Elevation | 509 ft / 155 m | =26,903 of 43,403 | =12,875 in North America | #10,773 in US |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =2,944 in North America | =2,872 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [Z47](https://dromopedia.com/airports/z47.md) Engstrom Field · 18 mi / 29 km
- [SOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak26.md) Solomon State Field · 29 mi / 47 km
- [94Z](https://dromopedia.com/airports/94z.md) Nome City Field · 30 mi / 48 km
- [OME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paom.md) Nome Airport · 30 mi / 49 km
- [3Z1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3z1.md) Feather River Airport · 33 mi / 54 km
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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/z81/data