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]

Bethel Airport
IATA: BET ICAO: PABE FAA LID: BET
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves	Bethel, Alaska
Hub for	Passenger Grant Aviation
Elevation AMSL	129 ft / 39 m
Coordinates	60°46′43″N 161°50′14″W
Map
BET 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
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations 122,000 Based aircraft 112 Passengers 290,000 Freight 63,815,000 lbs
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 140,291 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 134,848 enplanements in 2009, and 144,353 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[4]

History

Construction began September 21, 1941, and the airfield was activated July 4, 1942; it was known as Bethel Air Base. 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 Alaska Government in 1958.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Bethel Airport covers an area of 1,056 acres (427 ha) at an elevation of 129 feet (39 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: 1L/19R is 6,400 by 150 feet (1,951 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface; 1R/19L is 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 12/30 is 1,858 by 75 feet (566 x 23 m) with an asphalt/gravel surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2018, 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 112 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 6% helicopter, and 2% military.[1]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

Statistics

Cargo airlines

• Alaska Central Express
• Arctic Transportation Services
• Everts Air Cargo
• Lynden Air Cargo
• Northern Air Cargo
• Yute Air

References

External links

• Topographic map from USGS The National Map
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 6, 2022
• FAA Terminal Procedures for BET, effective October 6, 2022

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