# Buckland Airport (BKC / PABL)

**Buckland Airport** (IATA: BKC, ICAO: PABL) is a small airport in Buckland, Alaska, United States. It has one runway, 3,200 ft (975 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BKC / PABL
- FAA: BVK
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Buckland, Alaska, United States
- Elevation: 29 ft / 9 m
- Coordinates: 65.9816, -161.1490
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 ft / 975 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Passengers: 8,385 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckland_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3886986
- Weather station: PABL
- Ident: PABL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,200 ft / 975 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 122° / 302° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 10,334 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 10,750 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 11,024 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 11,530 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 10,249 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 4,159 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 6,301 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 8,344 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 8,881 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 8,922 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 8,385 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [DRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pade.md) Deering Airport · United States · 46 mi / 74 km · Bering Air
- [OTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paot.md) Ralph Wien Memorial Airport · United States · 74 mi / 119 km · Bering Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 8E [Bering Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bering-air) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8K (2025) | #2,755 of 3,974 | #682 in North America | #484 in US |
| Longest runway | 3,200 ft / 975 m | =14,838 of 29,858 | =5,849 in North America | =4,906 in US |
| Elevation | 29 ft / 9 m | =40,644 of 43,403 | =18,362 in North America | =15,064 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 135.150 |
| CNTR | ANCHORAGE APP/DEP | 119.200 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |
| FSS | KOTZEBUE RDO | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [CDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak75.md) Candle 2 Airport · 22 mi / 36 km
- [AK02](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak02.md) Bear Creek 1 Airport · 31 mi / 49 km
- [GMT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pagz.md) Granite Mountain Air Station · 40 mi / 65 km
- [2AK9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2ak9.md) Independence Creek Airport · 43 mi / 69 km
- [DRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pade.md) Deering Airport · 46 mi / 74 km
- [WLK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pask.md) Selawik Airport · 54 mi / 86 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))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (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)
- [Wikipedia: “Buckland Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buckland_Airport&oldid=1364157057), revision of 14 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/pabl/data