| Bethel Air Base | |
| Type: | Military |
| Owner: | United States Army |
| Location: | Bethel, Alaska |
| Elevation-F: | 129 |
| Coordinates: | 60.7786°N -161.8372°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Alaska |
| Pushpin Label: | Bethel AB |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| R1-Number: | 1L/19R |
| R1-Length-F: | 6,400 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 1R/19L |
| R2-Length-F: | 4,000 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R3-Number: | 12/30 |
| R3-Length-F: | 1,858 |
| R3-Surface: | Asphalt/gravel |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Bethel Air Base is a former United States Army airfield located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Construction began 21 September 1941, and the airfield was activated 4 July 1942. It was used by Air Transport Command as auxiliary airfield for Lend-Lease aircraft being flown to Siberia. The facility was transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command in 1945; it became the joint-use Bethel Airport. It was used for construction of AC&W Bethel Air Force Station in the mid-1950s. Full jurisdiction was turned over to the Alaskan government in 1958.