AK51 Big Creek

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. No weather observation available.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

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01W 11% 4000 ft · right traffic

12W 11% 4000 ft

19W 11% 4000 ft · right traffic

30W 11% 4000 ft

08W 10% 3000 ft

26W 10% 3000 ft

23 9% 1513 ft

5 9% 1513 ft

14 9% 1465 ft

32 9% 1465 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 01W

PRIOR runway length 4000 ft +0.09

Runway 12W

PRIOR runway length 4000 ft +0.09

Runway 19W

PRIOR runway length 4000 ft +0.09

Runway 30W

PRIOR runway length 4000 ft +0.09

Runway 08W

PRIOR runway length 3000 ft +0.03

Runway 26W

PRIOR runway length 3000 ft +0.03

Runway 23

PRIOR runway length 1513 ft -0.10

Runway 5

PRIOR runway length 1513 ft -0.10

Runway 14

PRIOR runway length 1465 ft -0.11

Runway 32

PRIOR runway length 1465 ft -0.11

Sources consulted

source	status	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE	No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	UNAVAILABLE	No weather observation found
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE	No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED	Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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AK51 field & runways

Big Creek, King Salmon, Alaska. Field elevation 102 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Private use.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.253°/year west — about 1° every 4 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern
01W	355.2°	343.8°	—	4,000 ft	WATER	right
08W	90.4°	79.0°	—	3,000 ft	WATER
12W	149.5°	138.1°	—	4,000 ft	WATER
14	150.5°	139.1°	matches	1,465 ft	TURF-GRVL
19W	175.2°	163.8°	—	4,000 ft	WATER	right
23	241.5°	230.1°	matches rule gives runway 24 in ~20 yr	1,513 ft	TURF-GRVL	left
26W	270.4°	259.0°	—	3,000 ft	WATER
30W	329.5°	318.1°	—	4,000 ft	WATER
32	330.5°	319.1°	matches	1,465 ft	TURF-GRVL	left
5	61.5°	50.1°	matches rule gives runway 6 in ~20 yr	1,513 ft	TURF-GRVL

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AK51 ☆ Big Creek