Airports / Alaska / AQY
Girdwood-Alyeska Airport
AQYGirdwood, AlaskaELEV 150 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#19 / 225
Alaska airports by Google rating
5.0★ across 4 Google ratings — ranked against 225 rated AK fields.
26 nm
To the nearest alternate
Merrill Field (MRI) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Girdwood-Alyeska Airport (AQY) sits in Girdwood, Alaska, where it functions as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 150 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
AQY has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Merrill Field (MRI, 26 nm), Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF, 26 nm), and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC, 28 nm).
Quotes for flights out of AQY vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from AQY, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
AQY
IATA
AQY
FAA / Local
AQY
Elevation
150 ft
Coordinates
60.9688° N · 149.1198° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs AK fields
state range 2–3,318 ft
At 150 ft, AQY sits higher than 56% of the 285 Alaska fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 26nmMRIMerrill FieldAnchorage
- 26nmEDFElmendorf Air Force BaseAnchorage
- 28nmANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportAnchorage
- 29nmPABVBirchwood AirportBirchwood
- 38nmPAQWarren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal AirportPalmer
- 38nmWWAWasilla AirportWasilla
Location
Open the full mapAQY · Girdwood-Alyeska Airport · Girdwood, AK
From the ramp
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