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Portage Creek Airport is a small, state-owned public-use airfield serving the remote community of Portage Creek in the Dillingham Census Area of southwestern Alaska. It offers two gravel airstrips and no instrument approaches, making it a straightforward but weather-dependent VFR destination for pilots operating in the region's bush-flying network.
Portage Creek Airport is a state-owned, public-use general aviation field that serves the small settlement of Portage Creek in the Dillingham Census Area of Alaska. It is a typical Alaskan bush strip, providing the community's principal air link and supporting mainly air taxi operations rather than any scheduled airline service.
The airfield lies in uncontrolled airspace typical of rural southwestern Alaska, within the Dillingham Census Area, serving the community of Portage Creek. There is no control tower or terminal control area associated with the field, and pilots should expect to operate under standard uncontrolled-field procedures in this sparsely populated part of the state.
Portage Creek has two physical runways. Runway 10/28 is 1,926 feet long with a hard surface, and runway 01/19 is 1,920 feet long, also hard-surfaced. Neither runway is equipped with an instrument landing system.
No communications frequencies are published for Portage Creek Airport, and there is no air traffic control or advisory service based at the field. There is no ILS or other instrument approach available, so arrivals and departures must be conducted visually.
Portage Creek Airport is a state-owned public-use airport included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011-2015, which categorised it as a general aviation airport. For the twelve-month period ending December 2007, the airport recorded around 700 air taxi aircraft operations, an average of roughly 58 per month, reflecting its role as a small but active bush airstrip serving the local community.
Today the airfield continues to function primarily as a general aviation field supporting air taxi operations that connect Portage Creek with surrounding communities. There are no published facilities such as fuel or maintenance services, and pilots should plan flights on a self-sufficient basis typical of remote Alaskan airstrips.
