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42AK Bear Tooth Airport
Nuiqsut, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 DECEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 42AK
Lat/Long: 70-08-41.4950N 152-01-02.3300W
70-08.691583N 152-01.038833W
70.1448597,-152.0173139
(estimated)
Elevation: 92.5 ft. / 28 m (estimated)
From city: 24 miles W of NUIQSUT, AK
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 04/2019
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: DEADHORSE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-659-2401]
Alternate FSS: FAI FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-248-6516]
Attendance: IREG
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 4/22

Dimensions: 5500 x 150 ft. / 1676 x 46 m
Surface: gravel
RUNWAY 4  RUNWAY 22
Latitude: 70-08.453500N70-08.929667N
Longitude: 152-02.165000W151-59.912667W
Elevation: 92.5 ft.88.7 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright
Approach lights: MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lightsMALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: CONOCO PHILLIPS ALASKA, INC.
6601 SOUTH AIRPARK PLACE
ANCHORAGE, AK 99502
Phone 907-263-3517
Manager: ADAM SKINNER
6601 SOUTH AIRPARK PLACE
ANCHORAGE, AK 99502
Phone 907-263-3525

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 42AK.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAQT - Nuiqsut Airport (21 nm E)
PASC - Deadhorse Airport (72 nm E)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 17-Jan-2026
 Local
(UTC-9)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight10:2219:22
Sunrise13:0722:07
Sunset13:2922:29
Evening civil twilight16:1501:15

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  17-Jan-2026 20:58:49
Local (UTC-9)  17-Jan-2026 11:58:49
 
METAR
PAQT 
21nm E 		172053Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM CLR M27/M31 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP291 T12671306 55002 TSNO $
PALP 
25nm NE 		172045Z 10008KT 10SM FEW150 M26/M30 A3038
TAF
PAQT 
21nm E 		171720Z 1718/1818 10006KT P6SM FEW250
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