Buckland Airport

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Buckland Airport
IATA: BKC - ICAO: PABL - FAA: BVK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		State of Alaska DOT&PF
Serves		Buckland, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		31 ft (9.4 m)
Coordinates		65°58′54″N, 161°08′57″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
10/28	3,200	975	Gravel

Buckland Airport (IATA: BKC, ICAO: PABL, FAA LID: BVK) is a public airport located 1 mile (2 km) southwest of the city of Buckland, in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Buckland Airport is assigned BVK^[1] by the FAA and BKC^[2] by the IATA (which assigned BVK to Huacaraje, Bolivia^[3]). The airport's ICAO identifier is PABL^[4].

[edit] Facilities

Buckland Airport covers 184 acres and has one runway:

• Runway 10/28: 3,200 x 75 ft. (975 x 23 m), Surface: Gravel

[edit] References

1. ^ FAA Airport Master Record (Form 5010) for BVK, also available as a printable form (PDF)
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: BKC/PABL - Buckland, Alaska
3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: BVK/SLHJ - Huacaraje, Bolivia
4. ^ FAA: Alaska Identifiers

[edit] External links

• Airport Diagram (GIF)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for PABL
  • ASN Accident history for BVK
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS current and historical weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for BVK