Birch Creek Airport

Birch Creek Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
ServesBirch Creek, Alaska
Elevation AMSL450 ft / 137 m
Coordinates66°16′26″N 145°49′27″W / 66.27389°N 145.82417°W / 66.27389; -145.82417
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KBC is located in Alaska
KBC
KBC
Location of airport in Alaska
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 4,000 1,219 Gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations850
Based aircraft0
Passengers515
Freight31,000 lbs

Birch Creek Airport (IATA: KBC, FAA LID: Z91) is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north-northwest of the central business district of Birch Creek, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Birch Creek Airport covers an area of 155 acres (63 ha) at an elevation of 450 feet (137 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 850 aircraft operations, an average of 70 per month: 59% air taxi and 41% general aviation.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Wright Air Service Chalkyitsik, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon[2]

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2015[3]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Wright Air
515(100.00%)
Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015[3]
Rank City Airport Passengers
1 Alaska Fairbanks, AK Fairbanks International Airport 200
2 Alaska Fort Yukon, AK Fort Yukon Airport 50
3 Alaska Venetie, AK Venetie Airport 10

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for Z91 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Timetable" (PDF). Wright Air Service. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Birch Cree, AK: Birch Creek (KBC)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017.


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