FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 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 19 September 2013 at 0901Z and 17 October 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) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (148KB) |
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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| 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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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 16-Oct-2013
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| Morning civil twilight | | 08:53 | | 16:53 |
| Sunrise | | 09:46 | | 17:46 |
| Sunset | | 19:14 | | 03:14 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:07 | | 04:07 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 16-Oct-2013 10:44:49 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 16-Oct-2013 02:44:49 |
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| METAR |
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| PABL | 160756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT026 OVC050 03/01 A2970 RMK AO1
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| NOTAMs |
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