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Z48 Bear Creek 3 Airport
Bear Creek, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 30 OCTOBER 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 -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving 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
MCGr320/39.9MC GRATH VORTAC115.5019E

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: leftright
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 12-Nov-2025
 Local
(UTC-9)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight08:4417:44
Sunrise09:4118:41
Sunset16:3701:37
Evening civil twilight17:3402:34

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-Nov-2025 06:11:03
Local (UTC-9)  12-Nov-2025 21:11:03
 
METAR
PAMC 
39nm S 		130553Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM OVC011 M11/M12 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP090 60000 T11111122 11106 21111 55002 TSNO
PATL 
41nm S 		130555Z AUTO 07002KT 2 1/2SM -SN BR OVC004 M12/M13 A2974 RMK AO2 SNB0355 SLP103 P0000 60000 T11221130 11120 21125 55003
TAF
PAMC 
39nm S 		130524Z 1306/1406 03002KT P6SM OVC010 FM131600 03003KT P6SM OVC025
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