Bettles Airport

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Bettles Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF
Serves Bettles, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 647 ft / 197 m
Coordinates 66°54′50″N151°31′45″W / 66.91389°N 151.52917°W / 66.91389; -151.52917
Map
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BTT
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
1/195,1901,582Turf/gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations4,150
Based aircraft12
Passengers2,859
Freight237,000 lbs

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]

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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:

AirlinesDestinations
Wright Air Service Allakaket, Fairbanks, Hughes [2]

Statistics

Carrier Shares for August 2021 - July 2022 [3]
Carrier  Passengers (arriving and departing)
Wright Air
2,990(100.00%)
Carrier Shares for August 2021 - July 2022 [3]
RankCityAirportPassengers
1 Flag of Alaska.svg Fairbanks Fairbanks International Airport 2,395
2 Flag of Alaska.svg Allakaket Allakaket Airport 5

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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for BTT PDF , effective January 5, 2017
  2. ↑ "Timetable" (PDF). Wright Air Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Bettles, AK: Bettles (BTT)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. July 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  4. ↑ "N99663 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "NTSB Identification: ANC80FA008". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 31 July 2010.


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