Bear Tooth Airport
42AK · Nuiqsut, Alaska · North Slope County · map
Bear Tooth Airport is a private airport owned by Conoco Phillips Alaska, INC., 24 miles west of Nuiqsut, Alaska, 92 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,500 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 42AK
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Conoco Phillips Alaska, INC.
- Elevation
- 92 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- On the chart
- Point Barrow sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2019
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,500 × 150 ft | Gravel |
- Runway 04: medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 22: medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Nuiqsut from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Nuiqsut, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.