Anchorage, US 🇺🇸 Closed Airport
ICAO
US-0619
IATA
-
Elevation
1148 ft
Region
US-AK
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Location: 61.038924° N, -149.763994° E
Continent: North America
Type: Closed Airport
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Approximately between 1990 and 1998. The airport was depicted on the 1990 Anchorage Sectional Chart but was no longer shown on the 1998 chart. Aerial photography from 1996 shows the runway was still intact but appeared unused, suggesting closure occurred in the early to mid-1990s.
Urban encroachment and residential development. As the city of Anchorage expanded southward, the land occupied by the private airfield became more valuable for housing. The airport was eventually sold and developed into a residential subdivision.
The site of the former airport is now completely occupied by a residential neighborhood. The former runway's alignment is now covered by houses, yards, and a road named Wika Road, a direct reference to the former airfield's name. Another nearby street is named Piper Street, a common homage to the Piper aircraft that likely used the strip.
Wika Airport was a small, private general aviation airfield. It was not a major commercial or military facility. Its primary role was to serve private pilots for recreational and personal transportation. The airport featured a single unpaved runway, approximately 2,000 feet long, oriented in a north/south direction. Operations would have consisted of light single-engine aircraft, such as Pipers and Cessnas. Its significance lies in it being an example of the numerous private airstrips that once existed around the Anchorage area before extensive suburban development.
None. The prospect of reopening the airport is effectively zero. The land has been fully redeveloped with permanent homes, public roads, and associated infrastructure, making it physically and legally impossible to re-establish an airfield on the site.