Bethel Airport

Bethel Airport (IATA: BET, ICAO: PABE, FAA LID: BET) is a public airport located three miles (4.8 km) southwest of the central business district of Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the state.^[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Bethel Airport covers an area of 1,056 acres (427 ha) which contains two runways:^[1]

• Runway 18/36: 6,400 x 150 ft. (1,951 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 11/29: 1,860 x 75 ft. (567 x 23 m), Surface: Gravel

For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2005, the airport had 122,000 aircraft operations, an average of 334 per day: 54% air taxi, 41% general aviation, 4% scheduled commercial and 1% military. There are 232 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single engine, 7% multi-engine, 2% helicopters and 1% military.^[1]

Airlines and non-stop destinations

• Alaska Airlines (Anchorage)
• Frontier Flying Service (Anchorage, Klaskag)^[2]
• Hageland Aviation Services (Chefornak, Chevak, Eek, Kalskag, Kasigluk, Kwethluk, Kwigillingok, Marshall, Russian Mission, St. Mary's, Tuntutuliak)^[3]

Cargo airlines

• Alaska Central Express
• Arctic Transportation Services
• Lynden Air Cargo
• Northern Air Cargo

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for BET (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
2. ^ Frontier Flying Service: 2007 Timetable (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.
3. ^ Hageland Aviation Services: Scheduled Flights (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.

External links

• FAA Alaska Airport Diagram (GIF)
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF)
• Bethel Airport at WikiMapia
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for PABE
  • ASN accident history for BET
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PABE
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PABE
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for BET
  • Check current FAA delays for this airport