BET

Bethel Airport

ICAO PABE60.7798°N 161.8380°W129 ft / 39 mMedium airport
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Bethel Airport (IATA: BET, ICAO: PABE) is a medium airport in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It opened in 1942. It has 3 runways; the longest is 6,400 ft (1,951 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 345 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
1942
OpenedBethel Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Alaska Airlines -Bethel Alaska
01L/19R023° / 203° · LIT
LENGTH6,400 ft1,951 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
01R/19L023° / 203° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 ft1,219 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt
12/30128° / 308° · LIT
LENGTH1,858 ft566 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEGravel

Passengers per year

2015–2025
320K
314K
301K
321K
325K
132K
217K
292K
316K
340K
345K
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Routes

28 destinations · 1 country
100 km200 km50 mi100 mi150 miATT · Atmautluak Airport · 16 mi / 25 kmNUP · Nunapitchuk Airport · 22 mi / 36 kmKUK · Kasigluk Airport · 24 mi / 39 kmEEK · Eek Airport · 40 mi / 64 kmWTL · Tuntutuliak Airport · 40 mi / 65 kmKKH · Kongiganak Airport · 67 mi / 108 kmKWN · Quinhagak Airport · 71 mi / 114 kmMLL · Marshall Don Hunter Sr Airport · 75 mi / 121 kmKWK · Kwigillingok Airport · 77 mi / 124 kmWWT · Mertarvik Airport · 89 mi / 144 kmPQS · Pilot Station Airport · 89 mi / 144 kmANI · Aniak Airport · 94 mi / 152 kmCYF · Chefornak Airport · 94 mi / 152 kmKPN · Kipnuk Airport · 95 mi / 153 kmNME · Nightmute Airport · 99 mi / 160 kmKSM · St Mary's Airport · 101 mi / 162 kmMOU · Mountain Village Airport · 109 mi / 176 kmOOK · Toksook Bay Airport · 111 mi / 179 kmTNK · Tununak Airport · 116 mi / 187 kmVAK · Chevak Airport · 136 mi / 219 kmSCM · Scammon Bay Airport · 144 mi / 232 kmHPB · Hooper Bay Airport · 152 mi / 245 kmMYU · Mekoryuk Airport · 153 mi / 246 kmSXP · Nunam Iqua Airport · 155 mi / 250 kmAUK · Alakanuk Airport · 162 mi / 260 kmEMK · Emmonak Airport · 163 mi / 263 kmKOT · Kotlik Airport · 165 mi / 266 kmDLG · Dillingham Airport · 167 mi / 268 kmDLGKOTEMKSXPMYUHPBSCMVAKTNKMOUNMEKPNANICYFWWTPQSKWKMLLKWNWTLEEKKUKAUKKSMKKHATTOOKNUPBET
Year-round28
ATTAtmautluak AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation, Ryan Air Services25 km16 miNUPNunapitchuk AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation36 km22 miKUKKasigluk AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation39 km24 miEEKEek AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation64 km40 miWTLTuntutuliak AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation65 km40 miKKHKongiganak AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation108 km67 miKWNQuinhagak AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation114 km71 miMLLMarshall Don Hunter Sr AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation, Ryan Air Services121 km75 miKWKKwigillingok AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation124 km77 miWWTMertarvik AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation144 km89 miPQSPilot Station AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation144 km89 miANIAniak AirportUnited States · Ryan Air Services152 km94 miCYFChefornak AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation152 km94 miKPNKipnuk AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation153 km95 miNMENightmute AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation160 km99 miKSMSt Mary's AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation, Ryan Air Services162 km101 miMOUMountain Village AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation176 km109 miOOKToksook Bay AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation, Ryan Air Services179 km111 miTNKTununak AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation, Ryan Air Services187 km116 miVAKChevak AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation, Ryan Air Services219 km136 miSCMScammon Bay AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation, Ryan Air Services232 km144 miHPBHooper Bay AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation, Ryan Air Services245 km152 miMYUMekoryuk AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation, Ryan Air Services246 km153 miSXPNunam Iqua AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation250 km155 miAUKAlakanuk AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation260 km162 miEMKEmmonak AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation263 km163 miKOTKotlik AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation266 km165 miDLGDillingham AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation268 km167 mi
Most destinationsGrant Aviation 27Ryan Air Services 10

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BET. From the Wikipedia article “Bethel Airport” (revision of 22 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers345K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,273of 3,974 · #290 North America · #195 USLongest runway6,400 ft1,951 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,175of 29,823 · =1,081 North America · =832 USElevation129 ft39 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,897of 43,341 · =16,308 North America · =13,672 USAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =885 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
ATISATIS119.800
CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR125.200
CTAFCTAF/BETHEL WX118.700
FSSKENAI RDO122.650
GNDGND121.700
MISCTWEB114.100
OPSNG OPS124.650
TWRTWR118.700