Buckland Airport
Encyclopedia
Buckland Airport is a state-owned public-use airport
located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district
of Buckland
, a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough
of the U.S. state
of Alaska
. The airport is situated on the Buckland River
.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
for the FAA
and IATA
, this airport is assigned BVK by the FAA and BKC by the IATA (which assigned BVK to Huacaraje
, Bolivia
). The airport's ICAO
identifier is PABL.
of 31 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 11/29 with a gravel
surface measuring 3,200 by 75 feet (975 x 23 m).
Airport
An 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 one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest 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 Buckland
Buckland, Alaska
Buckland is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 406.-Geography:Buckland is located at ....
, a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
-National protected areas:* Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ** Chamisso Wilderness* Bering Land Bridge National Preserve * Cape Krusenstern National Monument* Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve...
of the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. The airport is situated on the Buckland River
Buckland River
The Buckland River is a 67 mi. long river in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows northwest to the Chukchi Sea at Eschscholtz Bay, 40 mi. Southwest of Selawik, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. It is 67 miles long....
.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
Location identifier
A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...
for the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
and IATA
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
, this airport is assigned BVK by the FAA and BKC by the IATA (which assigned BVK to Huacaraje
Huacaraje
Huacaraje is a town in the Iténez Province, Beni Department, in northern Bolivia. It is the capital of Huacaraje Municipality..Huacaraje is the seat of administration of the same name at the Municipio Huacaraje Iténez province and lies at an altitude of 148 meters on the right bank of the Rio...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
). The airport's ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
identifier is PABL.
Facilities and aircraft
Buckland Airport covers an area of 184 acres (74.5 ha) at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 31 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
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 11/29 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...
surface measuring 3,200 by 75 feet (975 x 23 m).
Airlines and non-stop destinations
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....
)
