Crooked Creek Airport guide

Crooked Creek Airport serves the village of Crooked Creek on the north bank of the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska. The village had 90 residents at the 2020 census and lies in the Bethel Census Area. The airfield sits about 3 km south of the village centre at 183 feet above sea level. Its FAA identifier is CJX and its ICAO code is PACJ.

The airport has one gravel runway, 14/32, measuring 3,300 by 75 feet, with medium-intensity edge lights and an RNAV (GPS) approach to runway 14. FAA remarks state that the first 100 feet are closed indefinitely and that the runway is unmaintained, so pilots are advised to inspect it visually before landing. There is no control tower and no staff on site. Pilots use the common traffic frequency 122.8, and an AWOS-3PT weather station reports on 118.4. Only automotive fuel (MOGAS) is sold.

The State of Alaska owns the field through the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Central Region. Crooked Creek has no road link to the rest of the state, so the airstrip is the main route in and out. Aniak, the regional hub, lies about 80 km to the southwest.