Bettles Airport

Public airport in Bettles, Alaska, US

BTT

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
1/19	5,190	1,582	Turf/gravel

Statistics (2015)

Aircraft operations	4,150
Based aircraft	12
Passengers	2,859
Freight	237,000 lbs

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Bettles Airport (IATA: BTT, ICAO: PABT, FAA LID: BTT) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Bettles, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Bettles Airport covers 1,195 acres 1,195 acres (484 ha) which contains one runway designated 1/19 with a 5,190 x 150 ft (1,582 x 46 m) gravel surface. It also has two seaplane landing areas: 9W/27W which measures 1,500 x 1,200 ft (457 x 366 m) and 18W/36W which measures 2,000 x 1,200 ft (610 x 366 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 4,150 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day: 72% general aviation, 24% air taxi and 4% military. There are 11 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% multi-engine.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Wright Air Service	Allakaket, Fairbanks, Hughes^[2]

Statistics

Carrier Shares for August 2021 - July 2022^[3]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Wright Air	2,990(100.00%)

Carrier Shares for August 2021 - July 2022^[3]
Rank	City	Airport	Passengers
1	Fairbanks	Fairbanks International Airport	2,395
2	Allakaket	Allakaket Airport	5

Incidents

On October 30, 1970, Douglas C-47B N99663 of Frontier Flying Service was written off in a landing accident. The aircraft struck three parked aircraft. It was on a cargo flight from Fairbanks International Airport, Alaska,^[4] to Ambler Airport, Alaska via Bettles. All four aircraft were substantially damaged.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for BTT PDF, effective January 5, 2017
^ "Timetable" (PDF). Wright Air Service. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Bettles, AK: Bettles (BTT)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. July 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
^ "N99663 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
^ "NTSB Identification: ANC80FA008". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 31 July 2010.

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
FAA Terminal Procedures for BTT, effective June 13, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BTT
- AirNav airport information for PABT
- ASN accident history for BTT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PABT
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for BTT