Birch Creek Airport

Birch Creek Airport (IATA: KBC, FAA LID: Z91) is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north-northwest of the central business district of Birch Creek, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]

Birch Creek Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
ServesBirch Creek, Alaska
Elevation AMSL450 ft / 137 m
Coordinates66°16′26″N 145°49′27″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 4,000 1,219 Gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations850
Based aircraft0
Passengers515
Freight31,000 lbs

Facilities and aircraft

Birch Creek Airport covers an area of 155 acres (63 ha) at an elevation of 450 feet (137 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 850 aircraft operations, an average of 70 per month: 59% air taxi and 41% general aviation.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Wright Air Service Fairbanks, Fort Yukon[2]

Statistics
Carrier shares: January – December 2015[3]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Wright Air
515(100.00%)
Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015[3]
Rank City Airport Passengers
1 Fairbanks, AK Fairbanks International Airport 200
2 Fort Yukon, AK Fort Yukon Airport 50
3 Venetie, AK Venetie Airport 10
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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for Z91 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
  2. "Schedule". Wright Air Service. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  3. "Birch Cree, AK: Birch Creek (KBC)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017.


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