Buckland Airport

Buckland Airport
IATA: BKC – ICAO: PABL – FAA LID: BVK
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Serves Buckland, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 31 ft / 9 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 3,200 975 Gravel
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Buckland Airport (IATA: BKC, ICAO: PABL, FAA LID: BVK, formerly 7K5) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Buckland,[1] a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is situated on the Buckland River.

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

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Facilities and aircraft

Buckland Airport covers an area of 184 acres (74 ha) at an elevation of 31 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 with a gravel surface measuring 3,200 by 75 feet (975 x 23 m).[1]

Airlines and non-stop destinations

Airlines Destinations
Bering Air Deering, Kotzebue[5]
Era Alaska Kotzebue [6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for BVK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: BKC / PABL - Buckland, Alaska
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: BVK / SLHJ - Huacaraje, Bolivia
  4. ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/LID/L_G2.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  5. ^ Bering Air: Kotzebue Flight Schedule (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.
  6. ^ Era Alaska Timetable (PDF). Retrieved April 17, 2011.

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