Birchwood Airport

Birchwood Airport
IATA: noneICAO: PABVFAA LID: BCV
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF
Serves Birchwood, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 83 ft / 25 m
Coordinates
Map
BCV
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1L/19R 4,008 1,222 Asphalt
1R/19L 1,802 549 Asphalt/Gravel
Statistics
Based aircraft 292
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Birchwood Airport (ICAO: PABVFAA LID: BCV) is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Birchwood[1] (also known as Chugiak), in the Anchorage Municipality of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 450 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2010, an increase of 20% from the 375 enplanements in 2009.[2] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Birchwood Airport covers an area of 196 acres (79 ha) at an elevation of 83 feet (25 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 1L/19R is 4,008 by 100 feet (1,222 x 30 m) with an asphalt surface; 1R/19L is 1,802 by 50 feet (549 x 15 m) with an asphalt and gravel surface. There are 292 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 1% helicopter, 1% glider, and 2% ultralight.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for BCV (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State) (PDF, 5.4 MB)". CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2011. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf. 
  3. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)". 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf. 

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