Bethel Airport

Bethel Airport (IATA: BET, ICAO: PABE, FAA LID: BET) is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]

For other uses, see Bethel Airport (disambiguation).
Bethel Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
ServesBethel, Alaska
Hub forPassenger
Elevation AMSL129 ft / 39 m
Coordinates60°46′43″N 161°50′14″W
Map
BET
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1L/19R 6,400 1,951 Asphalt
1R/19L 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
12/30 1,858 566 Asphalt/gravel
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations122,000
Based aircraft112
Passengers290,000
Freight63,815,000 lbs

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 140,291 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 134,848 enplanements in 2009, and 144,353 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[4]

History

Construction began September 21, 1941, and the airfield was activated July 4, 1942; it was known as Bethel Air Base. It was used by Air Transport Command as auxiliary airfield for Lend-Lease aircraft being flown to Siberia. The facility was transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command in 1945; it became the joint-use Bethel Airport. It was used for construction of AC&W Bethel Air Force Station in the mid-1950s. Full jurisdiction was turned over to Alaska Government in 1958.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Bethel Airport covers an area of 1,056 acres (427 ha) at an elevation of 129 feet (39 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: 1L/19R is 6,400 by 150 feet (1,951 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface; 1R/19L is 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 12/30 is 1,858 by 75 feet (566 x 23 m) with an asphalt/gravel surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2018, the airport had 122,000 aircraft operations, an average of 334 per day: 54% air taxi, 41% general aviation, 4% scheduled commercial, and 1% military. At that time there were 112 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 6% helicopter, and 2% military.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
Alaska Airlines Anchorage
Grant Aviation Atmautluak, Chefornak, Chevak, Dillingham, Eek, Emmonak, Hooper Bay, Kasigluk, Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok, Mekoryuk, Mountain Village, Newtok, Nightmute, Nunapitchuk, Quinhagak, Scammon Bay, St. Mary's, Toksook Bay, Tuntutuliak, Tununak[6]
Ryan Air Aniak, Atmautluak, Chevak, Hooper Bay, Marshall, Mekoryuk, Scammon Bay, St. Mary's, Toksook Bay, Tununak[7]

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

Statistics
Carrier shares (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)[8]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Hageland
110,000(36.30%)
Alaska
104,000(34.29%)
Yute Air
37,830(12.49%)
Era
28,700(9.48%)
Grant
22,430(7.41%)
Top domestic destinations (Dec. 2015 - Nov. 2016)[8]

Top destinations
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Anchorage, AK 66,470 Alaska, Corvus
2 Quinhagak, AK 6,620 Hageland, Yute Air
3 Kipnuk, AK 4,600 Grant, Hageland, Yute Air
4 Chevak, AK 4,550 Grant, Hageland
5 Hooper Bay, AK 4,080 Hageland
6 Toksook Bay, AK 3,450 Grant, Hageland, Yute Air
7 Kasigluk, AK 3,410 Hageland, Yute Air
8 Emmonak, AK 3,340 Grant
9 Chefornak, AK 3,270 Grant, Hageland, Yute Air
10 Kongiganak, AK 3,130 Hageland, Yute Air

Cargo airlines
Airline Destination
Alaska Central Express Anchorage
Everts Air Cargo Anchorage
Lynden Air Cargo Anchorage
Northern Air Cargo Anchorage

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for BET PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
  2. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  5.  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
  6. "Destinations". (retrieved December 20, 2020)
  7. "Passenger Schedules". Ryan Air Services. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  8. "Bethel, AK: Bethel (BET)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
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