Bethel Airport
BET · PABE · Bethel, Alaska · Bethel County · map
Bethel Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Bethel, Alaska, 129 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 01L/19R, is 6,400 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1) and about 110 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 93,382 takeoffs and landings a year. About 163,144 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PABE · observed 1:53 pm AKDT (21:53 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 12 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 37°F (3°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:24 am AKDT (17:24 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, fog nearby, scattered clouds at 1,500 feet, a broken layer at 10,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 1:00 pm AKDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 1,500 feet, a broken layer at 10,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm AKDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, a broken layer at 10,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PABE 062153Z 32012KT 10SM CLR 03/M01 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP116 T00281011
TAF PABE 061724Z 0618/0718 32007KT P6SM VCFG SCT015 BKN100 FM062100 33012KT P6SM SCT015 BKN100 FM070600 32007KT P6SM SCT025 BKN100
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BET · ICAO PABE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 129 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm 1 apr - 31 oct; 7:00 am to 8:00 pm 1 nov - 31 mar.
- Attended
- May to October, Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm; May to October, weekends, 7:00 am to 10:00 pm; November to April, Monday to Friday, 5:00 am to 9:00 pm; November to April, weekends, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Mc Grath sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1958
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01L/19R | 6,400 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 01R/19L | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 1,858 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 01L: VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 19R: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 01R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 19L: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower · Bethel and rco | 118.7 | Bethel |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.8 | Bethel |
| Ground | 121.7 | Bethel |
| Emergency · Bethel and rco | 121.5 | Bethel |
| Bethel and rco | 122.2 | Bethel |
| Bethel and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.2 | Bethel |
| Bet and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.45 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-560-7632.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 93,382, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Bethel from the FAA register
120 aircraft are registered to owners in Bethel, Alaska: 105 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 3 turboprops, 3 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 52 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Closed to air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats or apvd written prior permission required - amgr box 505, Bethel, AK 99559.
- When the control tower closed activate high-intensity runway lights runway 01L/19R, 01R/19L, runway 12/30; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01L and 19R; runway end identifier lights runway 01R and 19L; VASI runway 01L and 19R; PAPI runway 01R and 19L - the common traffic frequency.
- Self VC fuel NA; fee aft 1800.
- Runway 01R/19L not available for part 121/380 schedule and unscheduled operations with passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway 12/30 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. West 1200 feet closed ovr 12500 pounds gross weight APR-NOV.
- Touchdown rvr available 7:00 am to 8:00 pm 1 NOV-30 mar; 1 APR-31 oct 7:00 am to 10:00 pm.
- Touchdown rvr available 7:00 am to 8:00 pm 1 NOV-30 mar; 1 APR-31 oct 7:00 am to 10:00 pm.
- 495 feet asphalt runway 30 end; rmng gravel.
- Paew may be on runways.
- Ptarmigan and waterfowl in the vicinity of airport.
- Transient parking west end of south ramp marked by green cones.
- Condition rprtg and otr maintenance service available durg maintenance duty hour. Aft hour service prior permission required in writing - amgr.
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.