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
Bettles Airport
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]

Contents

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. 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.