# Beaver Airport (WBQ / PAWB)

**Beaver Airport** (IATA: WBQ, ICAO: PAWB) is a small airport in Beaver, Alaska, United States. It opened in Nov 1949. It has one runway, 3,934 ft (1,199 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WBQ / PAWB
- FAA: WBQ
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Beaver, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Nov 1949
- Elevation: 365 ft / 111 m
- Coordinates: 66.3622, -147.4070
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,934 ft / 1,199 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Passengers: 1,893 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1653979
- Ident: PAWB

## Timeline

- Nov 1949: Beaver Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,934 ft / 1,199 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 073° / 253° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 1,978 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 1,980 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 2,130 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 2,051 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 2,316 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 1,108 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 1,557 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 2,123 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 2,146 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 2,063 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 1,893 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [FAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafa.md) Fairbanks International Airport · United States · 107 mi / 173 km · Warbelow's Air Ventures

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 4W [Warbelow's Air Ventures](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/warbelows-air-ventures) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2025) | #3,175 of 3,974 | #847 in North America | #613 in US |
| Longest runway | 3,934 ft / 1,199 m | =10,831 of 29,858 | =4,231 in North America | #3,527 in US |
| Elevation | 365 ft / 111 m | =29,804 of 43,403 | =13,936 in North America | =11,724 in US |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =2,337 in North America | =2,277 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [KBC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/z91.md) Birch Creek Airport · 44 mi / 71 km
- [SVS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svs.md) Stevens Village Airport · 52 mi / 83 km
- [VEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pave.md) Venetie Airport · 53 mi / 85 km
- [US-0272](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0272.md) Old Stevens Village Airport · 53 mi / 85 km
- [FYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfyu.md) Fort Yukon Airport · 61 mi / 99 km
- [LIV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4ak.md) Livengood Camp Airport · 71 mi / 114 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Beaver Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beaver_Airport&oldid=1364141978), 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/pawb/data