Entry No. 24 — the Anchorage file — filed under: aviation
Flying Crown Airpark
“Most neighborhoods have streets. Flying Crown has a runway.”
Most neighborhoods have streets. Flying Crown has a runway. Built in the 1950s and quietly swallowed by the city as Anchorage grew up around it, this FAA-registered private airpark (AK12) in South Anchorage is a fully operational residential subdivision where a 1,078-foot turf strip doubles as the main thoroughfare — and the 40-plus homes lining it have airplane hangars instead of car garages, with taxiways serving as driveways. Pilots literally roll out of their houses and onto the runway. It sits wedged between Old Seward Highway and the Alaska Railroad tracks near Huffman Road, totally invisible unless you're looking straight down at it — or you live there.
The move: Drive south on Old Seward toward Huffman and pull over wherever the turf strip comes into view; visit on a clear Alaska evening and watch a Cessna backtrack down what looks exactly like a neighborhood street, then disappear over the treeline — no ticket required, no crowds, just you and forty homeowners who park planes in their garages.
📍 Before you go This is a working private neighborhood, not an attraction, so treat it that way: Nora Drive, the taxiways, and the turf strip itself are all private property. The runway hides off Old Seward Highway near Huffman Road, wedged against the Alaska Railroad tracks — easiest to glimpse from a public pull-off where the strip lines up in view, rather than nosing into the residential streets or blocking driveways. Aim for a long, clear summer evening (roughly May through August), when Alaska daylight lingers and light planes are most active; the turf goes snow-quiet in winter. You're already on the Seward Highway corridor, so keep driving south toward Turnagain Arm afterward.
- 📍 South Anchorage
- 💸 Free
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Outdoors
Where: 12820 Nora Dr, Anchorage, AK 99515
Hours: Added 2026-06-09 — confirm current hours before you go.
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Further reading: airnav.com · digital.akbizmag.com · skyvector.com · aopa.org
last checked: 2026-06-09