# Birch Creek Airport (KBC / PAAR)

**Birch Creek Airport** (IATA: KBC, ICAO: PAAR) is a small airport in Birch Creek, Alaska, United States. It opened in Sep 1980. It has one runway, 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 3 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/z91

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KBC / PAAR
- FAA: Z91
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Birch Creek, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Sep 1980
- Elevation: 440 ft / 134 m
- Coordinates: 66.2740, -145.8240
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Passengers: 2,803 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_Creek_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597718
- Weather station: PFYU · WMO 70194
- Ident: Z91

## Timeline

- Sep 1980: Birch Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 2,379 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 2,337 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 2,445 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 2,108 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 2,870 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 1,182 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 1,331 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 1,482 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 1,594 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 1,876 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 2,803 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [VEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pave.md) Venetie Airport · United States · 53 mi / 85 km · Wright Air Service
- [FAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafa.md) Fairbanks International Airport · United States · 116 mi / 187 km · Wright Air Service

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 8V [Wright Air Service](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wright-air-service) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3K (2025) | #3,074 of 3,974 | #818 in North America | #591 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | =9,646 of 29,858 | =3,829 in North America | =3,211 in US |
| Elevation | 440 ft / 134 m | =28,257 of 43,403 | =13,384 in North America | =11,225 in US |
| Age | Opened 1980 | =8,063 of 15,079 | =6,020 in North America | =5,916 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [FYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfyu.md) Fort Yukon Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [WBQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawb.md) Beaver Airport · 44 mi / 71 km
- [VEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pave.md) Venetie Airport · 53 mi / 85 km
- [CEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pace.md) Central Airport · 57 mi / 91 km
- [IRC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pacr.md) Circle City (New) Airport · 58 mi / 93 km
- [CIK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paci.md) Chalkyitsik Airport · 63 mi / 101 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: “Birch Creek Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birch_Creek_Airport&oldid=1364143214), 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/z91/data