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AQY

Girdwood Airport
Girdwood, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 DECEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	AQY
Lat/Long:	60-58-08.4800N 149-07-09.6450W 60-58.141333N 149-07.160750W 60.9690222,-149.1193458 (estimated)
Elevation:	164 ft. / 50 m (estimated)
Variation:	25E (1985)
From city:	3 miles NE of GIRDWOOD, AK
Time zone:	UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code:	99587

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS:	KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-283-7211]
NOTAMs facility:	ENA (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	907-783-2232
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	yes OVR GROWN.

Airport Communications

CTAF:

122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
TEDr098/27.2		ANCHORAGE VOR/DME		113.15		18E

Airport Services

Parking:

tiedowns

Runway Information

Runway 2/20

Dimensions:	2095 x 60 ft. / 639 x 18 m
Surface:	gravel, in good condition
Runway edge markings:	THR REFLECTORS; EDGE MKR NA.
Operational restrictions:	200 FT SAFETY AREA BOTH ENDS.
	RUNWAY 2	RUNWAY 20
Latitude:	60-58.008667N	60-58.274000N
Longitude:	149-07.385833W	149-06.935667W
Elevation:	134.0 ft.	164.0 ft.
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Runway heading:	015 magnetic, 040 true	195 magnetic, 220 true
Markings:	NSTD, in good condition	NSTD, in good condition
Obstructions:	4 ft. brush, 105 ft. left of centerline	6 ft. brush, 81 ft. right of centerline

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	ALASKA DOT&PF CENTRAL REGION P.O. BOX 196900 ANCHORAGE, AK 99519-6900 Phone 907-269-0770
Manager:	PAUL BERTHOLL STATE OF ALASKA DOT/PF GIRDWOOD, AK 99587 Phone 907-783-2232

Additional Remarks

-	RWY COND UNMNT; RCMD VISUAL INSP BFR LNDG.
-	100 FT CABLE FM HOTEL TO ROUNDHOUSE.
-	DALGT HANG GLIDER & PARASAIL ACT 2 NM NE & ON ARPT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at AQY.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAFR - Bryant Army Airfield (24 nm NW)
PAMR - Merrill Field Airport (26 nm NW)
PAED - Elmendorf Air Force Base (26 nm NW)
PANC - Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (28 nm NW)
PAAQ - Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport (38 nm N)

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Aerial photo
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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 06-Jan-2026

	Local (UTC-9)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	09:07	18:07
Sunrise	10:05	19:05
Sunset	16:00	01:00
Evening civil twilight	16:59	01:59

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	07-Jan-2026 04:23:39
Local (UTC-9)	06-Jan-2026 19:23:39

METAR

PATO 14nm SE	070353Z AUTO 28009G21KT 1 3/4SM -SN OVC020 M09/M12 A2881 RMK AO2 SLP758 P0001 T10941122 $
PAFR 24nm NW	070355Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM -SN SCT005 M14/M16 A2890 RMK AO2 SLP796 P0000 T11361159 $
PAMR 26nm NW	070357Z 01007KT 5SM -SN OVC009 M13/M17 A2892 RMK AO2 P0000 T11331167
PAED 26nm NW	070255Z 36007KT 2SM -SN OVC015 M12/M16 A2886 RMK AO2A SLP772 P0010 T11231162 52027 $

TAF

PAED 26nm NW	062211Z 0622/0804 19006KT 1600 -SN OVC015 610159 QNH2877INS TEMPO 0622/0624 0400 +SN VV007 BECMG 0703/0704 01010KT 4800 -SN DRSN SCT015 BKN030 OVC050 610307 QNH2879INS BECMG 0712/0713 02008KT 6000 -SN BKN025 OVC050 610257 QNH2909INS BECMG 0720/0721 07006KT 9999 NSW SCT025 BKN080 610802 QNH2928INS TXM08/0622Z TNM22/0721Z
PANC 29nm NW	070113Z 0701/0806 19008KT 4SM -SN BR OVC015 TEMPO 0701/0704 21011G20KT 1SM -SN BR FM070600 35009KT 5SM -SN BR SCT015 OVC025 FM070800 36012G20KT P6SM DRSN SCT025 OVC035 FM071600 01008KT P6SM SCT035 BKN070

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