FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013
Location
| FAA Identifier: | BVK |
| Lat/Long: | 65-58-53.6000N / 161-08-56.9000W
65-58.893333N / 161-08.948333W
65.9815556 / -161.1491389
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 29 ft. / 8.8 m (surveyed) |
| 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: | ACTVT MIRL RY 11/29 - CTAF. VASI RYS 11 & 29 OPER CONTINUOUSLY. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
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 | | 325 | | 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: | 65-59.032015N | | 65-58.755533N |
| Longitude: | 161-09.495630W | | 161-08.400800W |
| Elevation: | 27.1 ft. | | 28.7 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 |
| Obstructions: | none | | 60 ft. ant, lighted, 1545 ft. from runway, 155 ft. of centerline, 25:1 slope to clear |
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 907-451-2200 |
| 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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| Aircraft operations: avg 81/week * | | 100% | air taxi | | * for 12-month period ending 30 September 2011 | |
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. |
| - | WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTP://AKWEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV |
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 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 11 | |
download (219KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 29 | |
download (176KB) |
| NDB/DME RWY 11 | |
download (236KB) |
| NDB/DME RWY 29 | |
download (207KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (84KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PADE - Deering Airport (40 nm W)
PASK - Selawik Airport (47 nm NE)
PFNO - Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport (50 nm N)
PAIK - Bob Baker Memorial Airport (62 nm N)
PAKK - Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport (63 nm S)
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Satellite photo at:
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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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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 17-May-2013
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| Morning civil twilight | | + | | + |
| Sunrise | | 04:58 | | 12:58 |
| Sunset | | 00:24 | | 08:24 |
| Evening civil twilight | | + | | + |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 18-May-2013 06:17:24 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 17-May-2013 22:17:24 |
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| METAR |
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| PABL | 180556Z AUTO 26008KT 4SM FEW011 SCT023 BKN029 M09/M11 A2988 RMK AO1 11080 21090 52010
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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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