Bear Creek 3 Airport
Encyclopedia
Bear Creek 3 Airport is a public-use airport
located three nautical miles (4 mi
, 6 km
) west of the central business district
of Bear Creek, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state
of Alaska
. Bear Creek 3 is 40 nautical miles (46 mi, 74 km) north of McGrath Airport
.
designated 15/33 with a gravel
and dirt
surface measuring 1,675 by 40 feet (511 x 12 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 300 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per month: 67% air taxi
and 33% general aviation
.
Airport
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located three nautical miles (4 mi
Mile
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, 6 km
Kilometre
The kilometre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres and is therefore exactly equal to the distance travelled by light in free space in of a second...
) west of the central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
of Bear Creek, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state
U.S. state
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of Alaska
Alaska
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. Bear Creek 3 is 40 nautical miles (46 mi, 74 km) north of McGrath Airport
McGrath Airport
McGrath Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in the McGrath, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.- Facilities and aircraft :...
.
Facilities and aircraft
Bear Creek 3 Airport has one runwayRunway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 15/33 with a gravel
Gravel
Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...
and dirt
Soil
Soil is a natural body consisting of layers of mineral constituents of variable thicknesses, which differ from the parent materials in their morphological, physical, chemical, and mineralogical characteristics...
surface measuring 1,675 by 40 feet (511 x 12 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 300 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per month: 67% air taxi
Air taxi
An air taxi is an air charter passenger or cargo aircraft which operates on an on-demand basis.-Regulation:In the United States, air taxi and air charter operations are governed by Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations , unlike the larger scheduled air carriers which are governed by more...
and 33% general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
.
Other airports in Bear Creek
- Bear Creek 1 Airport is a publicly owned private-use airportAirportAn airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located at 65°32′24"N 161°03′45"W. It has gravel runway designated 10/28 which measures 1,400 by 65 feet (427 x 20 m).
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIFGIFThe Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
) - Topographic map as of 1 July 1955 from USGS The National Map
