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Alaska Radio Control Society

We are an AMA Chartered Remote Control Airplane Club

The Alaska Radio Control Society (ARCS) was established in 1957 and is the oldest Radio Control model club in Alaska. We currently have members in Anchorage, Mat-Su valley, Fairbanks, and other communities. All flight operations at our fields are conducted in accordance with both the national Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) safety code and our own local field rules (including our sound abatement policy). As a result, all our flight operations and fields are covered by liability insurance through the AMA.

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Our Flying Field

Groeschel RC Flying Field

14999 Guernsey Rd
Wasilla, AK 99654

Field Data

  • Hours of Operation: 9AM - 9PM (unless aircraft is electric/silent)
  • Grass Runway: 1,000' long x 75' wide
  • Facilities: Starting benches, windsock, porta-potty
  • Latitude: +61° 24' 18"
  • Longitude: -150° 04' 00"
  • Elevation: 165 ft. MSL

Field Rules (in addition to ARCS general field rules)

  • Engine test and flying hours from 9 AM to 9 PM, seven days per week.
  • Do not fly near or over houses or operating equiment. This rule will be strictly enforced.
  • Drive only on access road or parking lot taking care not to worsen or create any new ruts.
  • ARCS has right to close access road and parking area during breakup.
  • Overnight camping in the parking lot is permitted for ARCS members.

Driving Directions

  1. (From Anchorage) Take the highway to Wasilla. At the second light you come to (Palmer Wasilla Highway), take a left.
  2. At Knik Goose Bay Road take a left.
  3. Follow Knik Goose Bay Road all the way (about 16.5 miles) until you come to Point MacKenzie Road (shortly after you cross Fish Creek Bridge) and take a right.
  4. Take Point MacKenzie Road all the way until you come to the end (about 7.5 miles). The road T's at the end with a stop sign. Turn right and follow that road which will immediately make a left turn (this is Ayshire Road).
  5. Follow that road (about 2 miles to the end of the paved section) until you come to Guernsey Road with Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm on the left. Turn left on Guernsey Road.
  6. After you pass the correctional farm's property (which will be on your right), keep looking to your left for openings in the trees where you can see a huge open field beyond. The field you see in those openings is our rc field. The entrance that we use is to the left of the intersection of Jersey Ave (which comes right after you see a sign on your right that says Brost Hay Farm). Just follow that road straight into the field and it will take you to where we are parked and flying. [From your turn on to Guernsey Road to Jersey Ave is about 1.5 miles]

Storck Park

Bear Valley
Anchorage, AK

Park flyers, gliders and small, quiet electric R/C aircraft only!

Field Data

  • Hours of Operation: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday 8AM - 3:00PM
  • Overflight area consists of the two soccer fields.
  • Facilities: Picnic shelter, porta-potty, bleacher seating.
  • Latitude: +61° 05' 14.5"
  • Longitude: -149° 44' 57"
  • Elevation: 960 ft. MSL

Field Rules (in addition to ARCS general field rules)

  • No more than 25 club members present on the field at a time.
  • Please pick up trash if you see it and help maintain the park. Trash receptacles are located by the picnic shelter.
  • If you see anything that warrants Park and Recreation's attention, please call 343-4202 and let them know.

Driving Directions

  1. Off of Rabbit Creek Road and Clarks Road near Bear Valley Elementary School

Turbine Operation

KBDI for Sarasota County

Click Here for Turbine Aircraft Fire Safety Rules and Myakka River District Map

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