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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bettles, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 647 ft / 197 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 66°54′50″N 151°31′45″W / 66.91389°N 151.52917°W | ||||||||||
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Bettles Airport (IATA: BTT, ICAO: PABT, FAA LID: BTT) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Bettles, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
Bettles Airport covers 1,195 acres 1,195 acres (484 ha) which contains one runway designated 1/19 with a 5,190 x 150 ft (1,582 x 46 m) gravel surface. It also has two seaplane landing areas: 9W/27W which measures 1,500 x 1,200 ft (457 x 366 m) and 18W/36W which measures 2,000 x 1,200 ft (610 x 366 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 4,150 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day: 72% general aviation, 24% air taxi and 4% military. There are 11 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% multi-engine.[1]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Wright Air Service | Allakaket, Fairbanks, Hughes[2] |
Statistics
| Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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| Wright Air | 1,920(67.12%) |
| Warbelow's | 940(32.70%) |
| Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
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| 1 |  Fairbanks, AK | Fairbanks International Airport | 1,380 |
| 2 | Anaktuvuk Pass, AK | Anaktuvuk Pass Airport | 10 |
Incidents
On October 30, 1970, Douglas C-47B N99663 of Frontier Flying Service was written off in a landing accident. The aircraft struck three parked aircraft. It was on a cargo flight from Fairbanks International Airport, Alaska,[4] to Ambler Airport, Alaska via Bettles. All four aircraft were substantially damaged.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for BTT PDF, effective January 5, 2017
- ^ "Timetable" (PDF). Wright Air Service. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ a b "Akiak, AK: Akiak (AKI)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ "N99663 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ "NTSB Identification: ANC80FA008". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for BTT, effective January 28, 2021
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BTT
- AirNav airport information for PABT
- ASN accident history for BTT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PABT
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for BTT