Buckland Airport

Buckland Airport (IATA: BKC, ICAO: PABL, FAA LID: BVK, formerly 7K5; Iñupiaq: Nunatchiam Mirvia or Kaŋium Mirvia) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Buckland,^[1] a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is situated on the Buckland River.

Buckland Airport
IATA: BKC ICAO: PABL FAA LID: BVK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Serves	Buckland, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	31 ft / 9 m
Coordinates	65°58′54″N 161°08′57″W
Map
BKC Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 3,200 975 Gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations (2013) 4,250 Based aircraft 1 Passengers 6,968 Freight 1,234,000 lbs
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BVK by the FAA^[1] and BKC by the IATA^[2] (which assigned BVK to Huacaraje, Bolivia^[3]). The airport's ICAO identifier is PABL.^[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Buckland Airport covers an area of 184 acres (74 ha) at an elevation of 31 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 with a gravel surface measuring 3,200 by 75 feet (975 x 23 m).^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Bering Air	Deering, Kotzebue[5]

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations. As of January 2022, Ravn has not reintroduced services.

See also

• List of airports in Alaska