# Beluga Airport (BVU / PABG)

**Beluga Airport** (IATA: BVU, ICAO: PABG) is a small airport in Beluga, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1962. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,002 ft (1,525 m). In 2025 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/pabg

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BVU / PABG
- FAA: BLG
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Beluga, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jul 1962
- Elevation: 87 ft / 27 m
- Coordinates: 61.1722, -151.0440
- Runways: 2
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 5,002 ft / 1,525 m
- Passengers: 2,209 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beluga_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1656056
- Ident: PABG

## Timeline

- Jul 1962: Beluga Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 5,002 ft / 1,525 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Gravel | 029° / 209° | yes |
| 09/27 | 2,505 ft / 764 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 108° / 288° | yes |

- Also 1 helipad.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 3,703 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 3,136 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 3,091 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 3,672 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 2,510 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,398 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 2,222 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 2,350 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 2,552 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 2,274 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 2,209 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from BVU, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (2)

- [TYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tye.md) Tyonek Airport · United States · 7.5 mi / 12 km · 89 passengers · SNK
- [MRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pamr.md) Merrill Field · United States · 40 mi / 64 km · 968 passengers · SNK

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BVU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- SNK · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2025) | #3,128 of 3,974 | #832 in North America | #603 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,002 ft / 1,525 m | =6,437 of 29,858 | =2,277 in North America | =1,868 in US |
| Elevation | 87 ft / 27 m | #37,448 of 43,403 | #16,972 in North America | #14,148 in US |
| Age | Opened 1962 | =4,898 of 15,079 | =3,377 in North America | =3,299 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-2899](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2899.md) Beluga River Airport · 3.8 mi / 6.1 km
- [TYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tye.md) Tyonek Airport · 7.2 mi / 12 km
- [US-2897](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2897.md) Theodore River Airport · 7.8 mi / 13 km
- [US-2896](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2896.md) Lewis River Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [US-2901](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2901.md) Granite Point Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [9AK3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9ak3.md) Nikolai Creek Airport · 17 mi / 28 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/pabg/data