Birch Creek Airport Explained

Birch Creek Airport
Iata:KBC
Faa:Z91
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
City-Served:Birch Creek, Alaska
Elevation-F:450
Elevation-M:137
Coordinates:66.2739°N -145.8242°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:KBC
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-F:4,000
R1-Length-M:1,219
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:850
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Passengers
Stat3-Data:515
Stat4-Header:Freight
Stat4-Data:31,000 lbs
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Birch Creek Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north-northwest of the central business district of Birch Creek, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.

Facilities and aircraft

Birch Creek Airport covers an area of 155acres at an elevation of 450 feet (137 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 850 aircraft operations, an average of 70 per month: 59% air taxi and 41% general aviation.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015[2]

! Rank! City! Airport! Passengers

1 Fairbanks, AKFairbanks International Airportalign=right 200
2 Fort Yukon, AKFort Yukon Airportalign=right 50
3 Venetie, AKVenetie Airportalign=right 10

See also

Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
  2. Web site: Birch Cree, AK: Birch Creek (KBC) . . December 2015 . January 14, 2017 .