Boswell Bay Airport

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Boswell Bay Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Owner U.S. Forest Service
Serves Boswell Bay, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 230 ft / 70 m
Coordinates 60°25′23″N146°08′45″W / 60.42306°N 146.14583°W / 60.42306; -146.14583
Map
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BSW
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
4/222,612796Gravel
Statistics (1985)
Aircraft operations400
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1]

Boswell Bay Airport( IATA : BSW [2] , FAA LID : AK97) is owned by the U.S. Forest Service and is located near Boswell Bay, in the Chugach Census Area, Alaska of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] The airfield was constructed in 1968 to serve the nearby White Alice radar site, now abandoned.

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Facilities and aircraft

Boswell Bay Airport has one runway designated 4/22 with a 2,612 by 100 ft (796 x 30 m) gravel surface. For the 12-month period ending August 14, 1985, the airport had 400 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per month: 63% air taxi and 38% general aviation. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for AK97 PDF , effective 2008-09-25.
  2. Airport information for BSW at Great Circle Mapper.