METAR & TAF L85
L85 does not publish a METAR.
Showing the nearest reporting station: PASX (SOLDOTNA) · 3.7 NM away. Conditions at L85 may differ.
METAR · PASX
Observed 18:56Z
PASX 271856Z AUTO 21008G16KT 160V240 10SM CLR 17/08 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP117 T01670078 TSNO
- Wind
- 210° @ 8G16 kt
- Visibility
- 10 SM
- Temp / Dew
- 17°C / 8°C
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Clouds
- CLR
- Density alt
- 531 ft
- Ceiling
- Unlimited
- Rules
- VFR
Airport info & contacts
Manager on record, flight service, ARTCC, attendance schedule and pattern altitude — published by the FAA and refreshed every 28 days.
Location
- From city
- 3 NM NE
- VFR sectional
- ANCHORAGE
- ARTCC
- ZAN · ANCHORAGE
- NOTAM facility
- ENA (NOTAM-D)
Airport manager
- Name
- UNKNOWN
Flight service · Hours
- FSS ENA
- KENAI907-283-72111-866-864-1737
- Attendance
- Unattended
Frequencies
Tap any row to copy the frequency to your clipboard.
Runways & pattern
Full pagePattern entry · RWY —
| Runway | Heading (°M) | Length | Surface | Traffic |
|---|
Approaches & charts
Services on the field
Fuel grades, oxygen, maintenance, ramp storage and lighting — as declared to the FAA by the airport operator.
Fuel & services
- Fuel
- Not available
Ramp & ground
- Transient storage
- Not published
- Landing fee
- No fee published
- Customs
- Not available
- Wind indicator
- No
- Segmented circle
- No
Fuel & FBOs
Cheapest 100LL and Jet A on the field and nearby. Always confirm with the FBO before taxi.
Airport notes
Surface conditions, obstructions, local procedures, lighting outages and other notes published with each FAA cycle.
General notes
- KENAI FSS LCL - 907-283-7211.
- LAKE SW CORNER PINK BUOYS MKD UNDERWATER OBSTNS. MULT PVT DOCKS ON LAKE.
- TSNT TIE-DOWN AREAS NA.
Other notes
- ESTABD PRIOR TO 1959.
VFR map & nearby airports
VFR sectional. Tap any ICAO chip to open that airport.
Key facts · L85
Answer card- ICAO
- L85
- Name
- MACKEYS LAKES
- Location
- SOLDOTNA, ALASKA
- Elevation
- 175 ft MSL
- Traffic pattern altitude
- 1,175 ft MSL (1,000 AGL)
- Control tower
- Non-towered (use CTAF)
- Total runways
- 0
- Longest runway
- –
- Published ILS approaches
- 0
- Published frequencies
- 1
- Magnetic variation
- 24°
- Current flight rules
- VFR
- Current wind
- 210° at 8 kt
- Favored runway now
- –
Mackeys Lakes (L85) sits in Soldotna, Alaska at 175 ft MSL. This is a water airport with no runways listed in the facts. There is no control tower. CTAF is 122.5. No ILS approaches are published here.
Pattern altitude is not published. For light piston ops, use the standard 1,000 ft AGL unless the current Chart Supplement says otherwise. The lake has pink buoys at the southwest corner marking underwater obstructions. There are also multiple private docks on the lake, so keep a sharp scan on arrival and departure. Transient tie-down areas are not available. That matters if you were planning to stop here rather than just overfly or land on the water.
No on-field FBOs are listed. Contact the airport operator directly or call the field on CTAF for current local handling details. Kenai Flight Service Station local phone number is 907-283-7211. This field was established prior to 1959. For a first-time pilot, the main things to plan around are the lake traffic, the marked underwater hazards and the lack of published runway facilities.