FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | BVK |
| Lat/Long: | 65-58-53.6350N / 161-08-56.6550W
65-58.893917N / 161-08.944250W
65.9815653 / -161.1490708
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 31 ft. / 9 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 15E (2010) |
| From city: | 1 mile SW of BUCKLAND, AK |
| Time zone: | UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time) |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Sectional chart: | NOME |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | KOTZEBUE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-442-3310] |
| Alternate FSS: | FAI FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-248-6516] |
| NOTAMs facility: | BVK (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 11/29 & VASI RYS 11 & 29 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 122.9 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 135.15 (907-494-2180) |
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PRVDD BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC ON FREQS 119.2/263.0 (KOTZEBUE RCAG).COMMUNICATIONS PRVDD BY KOTZEBUE FSS ON FREQ 122.30 (BUCKLAND RCO).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| BUCKLAND | | at field | | 8 | | 15E | | BVK | -... ...- -.- |
Airport Services
Runway Information
Runway 11/29
| Dimensions: | 3200 x 75 ft. / 975 x 23 m |
| Surface: | gravel, in good condition |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 11 | | RUNWAY 29 |
| Latitude: | 65-59.032167N | | 65-58.755667N |
| Longitude: | 161-09.495000W | | 161-08.400167W |
| Elevation: | 28.8 ft. | | 30.5 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 107 magnetic, 122 true | | 287 magnetic, 302 true |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-box VASI on right (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-box VASI on left (3.50 degrees glide path) |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | STATE OF AK DOTPF N RGN
2301 PEGER ROAD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99701
Phone 907-451-5250 |
| Manager: | CALVIN SCHAEFFER
PO BOX 55
KOTZEBUE, AK 99752
Phone 907-442-3147 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 1 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 1 |
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Additional Remarks
| - | RWY SUBJECT TO TURBULENT CROSSWINDS IN SUMMER MONTHS. |
| - | RY COND NOT MONITORED; RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LANDING. |
| - | MIGRATORY WATERFOWL INVOF ARPT SPRING THROUGH FALL. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 04 June 2009 at 0901Z and 02 July 2009 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 11 | |
download (238KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 29 | |
download (203KB) |
| NDB/DME RWY 11 | |
download (261KB) |
| NDB/DME RWY 29 | |
download (244KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (84KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (38KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PADE - Deering Airport (40 nm W)
PASK - Selawik Airport (47 nm NE)
PAIK - Bob Baker Memorial Airport (62 nm N)
PAKK - Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport (63 nm S)
PAOT - Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (64 nm NW)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Taken in March 2008
Frontier Flying Services flight 8924 departing runway 29
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| Sectional chart |
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Click on chart to expand
Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 04-Jul-2009
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(UTC-8) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | + | | + |
| Sunrise | | 03:31 | | 11:31 |
| Sunset | | 02:07 | | 10:07 |
| Evening civil twilight | | + | | + |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 05-Jul-2009 06:43:18 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 04-Jul-2009 22:43:18 |
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| METAR |
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| PABL | 050616Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM CLR 13/07 A3029 RMK AO1 PNO
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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