AirNav: AK97 - Boswell Bay Airport

AK97

Boswell Bay Airport
Boswell Bay, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024

Location

FAA Identifier:	AK97
Lat/Long:	60-25-23.0310N 146-08-45.2740W 60-25.383850N 146-08.754567W 60.4230642,-146.1459094 (estimated)
Elevation:	230 ft. / 70 m (estimated)
Variation:	26E (1985)
From city:	1 mile E of BOSWELL BAY, AK
Time zone:	UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	99574

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	07/1971
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS:	JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-586-7380]
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	no

Airport Communications

CTAF:

122.7

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
JOHr087/13.9		JOHNSTONE POINT VOR/DME		116.70		18E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
ORCA BAY		087/13.5		233		18E		ALJ	.- .-.. .---
GLACIER RIVER		240/20.4		404		17E		GCR	--. -.-. .-.

Airport Services

Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE
Bottled oxygen:	NONE
Bulk oxygen:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 4/22

Dimensions:	2612 x 100 ft. / 796 x 30 m
Surface:	gravel
	RUNWAY 4	RUNWAY 22
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Markings:	none	none
Runway end identifier lights:	no	no
Obstructions:	hill, 1000 ft. from runway, 16:1 slope to clear	trees, 1000 ft. from runway, 12:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	U.S. FOREST SERVICE CORDOVA AK 99574 ELMENDORF AFB, AK 99506 RCA - ALASCOM LEESE.
Manager:	UNKNOWN

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field:		1
Single engine airplanes:		1

Aircraft operations: avg 33/month *
62%	air taxi
25%	local general aviation
12%	transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 14 August 1985

Additional Remarks

-	PPR REQUIRED FROM ALASCOM.
-	TURBULENCE LIKELY WHEN WIND GREATER THAN 10 KTS FM ANY DIRECTION.
-	NO WINTER MAINTENANCE.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at AK97.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PACV - Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport (20 nm E)
PAKA - Tatitlek Airport (31 nm NW)
PAVD - Valdez Pioneer Field Airport (43 nm N)
PAMD - Middleton Island Airport (59 nm S)
PAWD - Seward Airport (99 nm W)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 15-Apr-2024

	Local (UTC-8)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:36	13:36
Sunrise	06:24	14:24
Sunset	21:05	05:05
Evening civil twilight	21:52	05:52

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	16-Apr-2024 04:27:33
Local (UTC-8)	15-Apr-2024 20:27:33

METAR

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