Bethel Airport is a State-owned public airport located three miles (4.8 km) southwest of the central business district of Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The Airport serves as the nearest gateway to reach Poitiers. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Airport Bethel has been coded as PABE while the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has coded the Airport as BET.
The following are the salient features of the Bethel Airport:
- Bethel Airport is a civil airport
- The airport has two runways, paved with
gravel and asphalt and measure and are undergoing renovation worth $ 7 million
- The total area of the airport is 1,056 acres
which includes 6300 feet long runways
- The Airport does not provide customs service
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- There is an officially published instrument approach (known as Instrument Flight Rules or IFR) procedure for the airport, which implies that Bethel Airport makes all the necessary arrangements for flights to take-off from or land at Bethel Airport during bad weather of insufficient light
- On 1st January, 2005, the airport had 122,000 aircraft operations, with an average of 334 per day which included 54% air taxi, 41% general aviation, 4% scheduled commercial and 1% military
- In addition to this, there were 232 aircraft based at this airport that consisted of 90% single engine, 7% multi-engine, 2% helicopters and 1% military
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Bethel Airport ranks third among all other airports in Alaska for total number of flights. Besides, the Airport of Bethel also has three float plane bases which are near the Hangar Lake, H. Marker Lake, and the Kuskokwim River.
Among the airlines and their destinations from Bethel Airport, the following names are worth mentioning:
- Alaska Airlines to Anchorage
- Frontier Flying Service to Anchorage and Klaskag
- Hageland Aviation Services to Chefornak, Chevak, Eek, Kalskag, Kasigluk, Kwethluk, Kwigillingok, Marshall, Russian Mission, St. Mary's, and Tuntutuliak
Flights to Anchorage number of cargo aircrafts also fly from Bethel Airport in Alaska, USA which includes:
- Alaska Central Express
- Arctic Transportation Services
- Lynden Air Cargo
- Northern Air Cargo
In addition to this an array of services and facilities are available from Bethel Airport in Alaska, USA which include:
- Toilets
- Shops
- Facilities for the Disabled
- Information Desk
- Security
- Reserved Car Park
- Telephone and Internet Facilities
www.flightshotelstours.com provides detailed, online information on Bethel Airport, as well as on Flights to Bethel and Flights to Alaska.
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