AirNav: Z48 - Bear Creek 3 Airport

Z48

Bear Creek 3 Airport
Bear Creek, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 04 SEPTEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	Z48
Lat/Long:	63-34-17.7930N 156-08-38.5820W 63-34.296550N 156-08.643033W 63.5716092,-156.1440506 (estimated)
Elevation:	740 ft. / 226 m (estimated)
Variation:	23E (1985)
From city:	3 miles W of BEAR CREEK, AK
Time zone:	UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	10/1951
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS:	KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-283-7211]
NOTAMs facility:	ENA (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	no
Segmented circle:	no

Airport Communications

CTAF:

122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
MCGr320/39.9		MC GRATH VORTAC		115.50		19E

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions:	1800 x 25 ft. / 549 x 8 m ADDNL 17 FT EITHER SIDE HAS BRUSH & SOFT SFC.
Surface:	turf/dirt, in poor condition 8 FT TREES & 4 FT GRASS ALG UNDULATING SFC.
Operational restrictions:	LND RWY 15; TKOF RWY 33. E SIDE USED AS ROAD; 5 IN RUTS. S END DOGLEGS TO E.
	RUNWAY 15	RUNWAY 33
Traffic pattern:	left	right
Obstructions:	30 ft. trees, 40 ft. left and right of centerline 61 FT TREES BOTH ENDS DCR USBL LEN.	61 ft. trees, 82 ft. from runway 61 FT TREES BOTH ENDS DCR USBL LEN.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	PUBLIC DOMAIN

Additional Remarks

-	UNMNT; RCMD VISUAL INSP BFR USE.
-	MOOSE INVOF RWY.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at Z48.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAMC - Mc Grath Airport (40 nm S)
PATL - Tatalina LRRS Airport (41 nm S)
PAFS - Nikolai Airport (58 nm SE)
PARY - Ruby Airport (72 nm N)
PAGA - Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (73 nm N)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 21-Sep-2025

	Local (UTC-8)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	07:20	15:20
Sunrise	08:07	16:07
Sunset	20:29	04:29
Evening civil twilight	21:16	05:16

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	22-Sep-2025 06:00:04
Local (UTC-8)	21-Sep-2025 22:00:04

METAR

PAMC 39nm S	220553Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM SCT033 OVC044 07/03 A2943 RMK AO2 RAE05 SLP971 P0000 60000 T00670028 10094 20067 52010 TSNO $
PATL 41nm S	220455Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM OVC024 07/02 A2944 RMK AO2 SLP978 T00650019

TAF

PAMC
39nm S

211735Z 2118/2218 01004KT P6SM BKN040 FM220100 35003KT P6SM BKN040

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