Bettles Airport | |
Iata: | BTT |
Icao: | PABT |
Faa: | BTT |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF |
City-Served: | Bettles, Alaska |
Elevation-F: | 647 |
Elevation-M: | 197 |
Coordinates: | 66.9139°N -151.5292°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Alaska |
Pushpin Label: | BTT |
R1-Number: | 1/19 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,190 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,582 |
R1-Surface: | Turf/gravel |
Stat-Year: | 2015 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 4,150 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 12 |
Stat3-Header: | Passengers |
Stat3-Data: | 2,859 |
Stat4-Header: | Freight |
Stat4-Data: | 237,000 lbs |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Bettles Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Bettles, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Bettles Airport covers 1,195 acres 1195acres which contains one runway designated 1/19 with a 5,190 x 150 ft (1,582 x 46 m) gravel surface. It also has two seaplane landing areas: 9W/27W which measures 1,500 x 1,200 ft (457 x 366 m) and 18W/36W which measures 2,000 x 1,200 ft (610 x 366 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 4,150 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day: 72% general aviation, 24% air taxi and 4% military. There are 11 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% multi-engine.
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
1 | Fairbanks | Fairbanks International Airport | align=right | 2,395 | |
2 | Allakaket | Allakaket Airport | align=right | 5 |
On October 30, 1970, Douglas C-47B N99663 of Frontier Flying Service was written off in a landing accident. The aircraft struck three parked aircraft. It was on a cargo flight from Fairbanks International Airport, Alaska,[3] to Ambler Airport, Alaska via Bettles. All four aircraft were substantially damaged.[4]