Bethel Airport

Bethel Airport
IATA: BET – ICAO: PABE – FAA LID: BET
BET
Location of airport in Alaska
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Location Bethel, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 126 ft / 38 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 6,400 1,951 Asphalt
11/29 1,860 567 Gravel
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 122,000
Based aircraft 232
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Bethel Airport (IATA: BET, ICAO: PABE, FAA LID: BET) is a state-owned public-use airport 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.[1]

Contents

Facilities and aircraft

Bethel Airport covers an area of 1,056 acres (427 ha) at an elevation of 126 feet (38 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 18/36 with a 6,400 x 150 ft (1,951 x 46 m) asphalt pavement and 11/29 with a 1,860 x 75 ft (567 x 23 m) gravel surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 22, 2007, 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. At that time there were 232 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single engine, 7% multi-engine, 2% helicopters and 1% military.[1]

Airlines and non-stop destinations

Airlines Destinations
Alaska Airlines Anchorage
Era Alaska Anchorage, Atmautluak, Chefornak, Chevak, Eek, Hooper Bay, Kalskag, Kasigluk, Kongiganak, Kwethluk, Kwigillingok, Marshall, Nightmute, Pilot Station, Russian Mission, St. Mary's, Toksook Bay, Tuluksak, Tuntutuliak [2]
Grant Aviation Tununak

Top Destinations

Top ten busiest domestic routes out of BET
(July 2010 - June 2011) [3]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Anchorage, AK 57,000 Alaska, Era Alaska
2 Emmonak, AK 5,000 Hageland
3 Quinhagak, AK 4,000 Hageland
4 Chevak, AK 4,000 Aero Flight
5 Kipnuk, AK 4,000 Aero Flight, Hageland
6 Hooper Bay, AK 4,000 Aero Flight
7 Kongiganak, AK 3,000 Aero Flight
8 Toksook Bay, AK 3,000 Hageland
9 Kasigluk, AK 3,000 Flight Alaska
10 Mountain Village, AK 3,000 -

Cargo airlines

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for BET (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
  2. ^ Era Alaska Timetable (PDF). Retrieved April 17, 2011.
  3. ^ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=BET&Airport_Name=Bethel,%20AK:%20Bethel%20Airport&carrier=FACTS

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