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AK40 Nixon Fork Mine Airport
McGrath, Alaska, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: AK40
Lat/Long: 63-13-45.0500N / 154-45-37.2100W
63-13.750833N / 154-45.620167W
63.2291806 / -154.7603361
(estimated)
Elevation: 1510 ft. / 460 m (estimated)
Variation: 21E (1995)
From city: 28 miles NE of MCGRATH, AK
Zip code: -8,-9,-8

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 02/2000
Sectional chart: MC GRATH
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [800-478-3576]
Attendance: CONTINUOUS
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX ASOS at FSP (17 nm SE): 118.325 (907-293-2002)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
MCGr035/28.5MC GRATH VORTAC115.5019E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
TAKOTNA RIVER033/27.535019EVTR ...- - .-.

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions: 4200 x 100 ft. / 1280 x 30 m
Surface: gravel, in good condition
Runway edge markings: RY 16/34 MKD WITH FLOURESCENT CONES MARKING END & APCH.
RUNWAY 16  RUNWAY 34
Traffic pattern: rightright
Markings: NSTD

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
6881 ABBOTT LOOP ROAD
ANCHORAGE, AK 98507-2599
Phone 907-267-1246
OPERATED BY NEVADA GOLDFIELDS, INC ON BLM MINING CLAIMS K.R. POHLE, GENERAL MANAGER, P.O. BOX 270 MC GRATH, AK 907-349-7028
Manager: ANCHORAGE DISTRICT MANAGER
6881 ABBOTT LOOP ROAD
ANCHORAGE, AK 98507-2599
Phone 907-267-1246

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at AK40.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAFS - Nikolai Airport (17 nm SE)
PAMC - Mc Grath Airport (28 nm SW)
PAMH - Minchumina Airport (77 nm NE)
PARY - Ruby Airport (92 nm N)
 
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Area around AK40 (Nixon Fork Mine Airport)
 
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Satellite photo at: TerraServer Virtual Earth

 
Aerial photo
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Aerial photo of AK40 (Nixon Fork Mine Airport)
Photo by Tony Fernando
Photo taken 13-Nov-2007
from 11,000 feet

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Sectional chart
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From to AK40

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 12-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight03:5611:56
Sunrise05:2013:20
Sunset23:1107:11
Evening civil twilight00:3508:35

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  12-May-2008 09:34:19
Local (UTC-8)  12-May-2008 01:34:19
 
METAR
PAFS 
17nm SE 
120856Z AUTO 11008G15KT 070V150 10SM CLR 09/M04 A2924 RMK AO2 TSNO 55010 T00941038 SLP908 $
PAMC 
28nm SW 
120853Z 10015G26KT 10SM FEW050 SCT080 BKN180 11/M04 A2918 RMK AO2 PK WND 10032/0834 SLP886 T01111044 401720011 58016
TAF
PAMC 
28nm SW 
120539Z 120606 12015G22KT P6SM FEW050 BKN120 TEMPO 0709 10012KT FM0900 08010KT P6SM SCT050 BKN150 FM2100 12012G18KT P6SM FEW050 BKN120

 
 

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