Bethel Air Base is a former United States Army airfield 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]

Bethel Air Base
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	United States Army
Location	Bethel, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	129 ft / 39 m
Coordinates	60°46′43″N 161°50′14″W
Map
Bethel AB Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1L/19R 6,400 1,951 Asphalt 1R/19L 4,000 1,219 Asphalt 12/30 1,858 566 Asphalt/gravel
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

History

Construction began September 21, 1941, and the airfield was activated July 4, 1942. It was used by Air Transport Command as auxiliary airfield for Lend-Lease aircraft being flown to Siberia. The facility was transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command in 1945; it became the joint-use Bethel Airport. It was used for construction of AC&W Bethel Air Force Station in the mid-1950s. Full jurisdiction was turned over to the Alaskan government in 1958.[2]

See also

• Alaska World War II Army Airfields
• Air Transport Command
• Northwest Staging Route

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