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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. 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.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Bethel Airport?
Its FAA code is BET, and its ICAO code is PABE.
Where is Bethel Airport?
It is 3 miles southwest of Bethel, Alaska, 129 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Bethel Airport?
The longest of its 3 runways, 01L/19R, is 6,400 feet long.
Does Bethel Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Bethel Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1.
Where can you fly nonstop from Bethel Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Ted Stevens Anchorage International, Quinhagak, Tuntutuliak, Kongiganak, Kipnuk. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- cargo handling
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hangar Lake Seaplane Base (4 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 46,887 departures from BET in those twelve months, carrying 175,304 passengers in 418,284 seats (42% filled), to 90 destinations on 14 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel → Ted Stevens Anchorage International BET–ANC | 2,540 | 81,016 | Alaska Airlines Inc., Lynden Air Cargo Airlines, Tatonduk Outfitters... and 9 more |
| Bethel → Quinhagak BET–KWN | 2,210 | 4,649 | Grant Aviation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... and 1 more |
| Bethel → Tuntutuliak BET–WTL | 1,963 | 3,565 | Grant Aviation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Fox Aircraft, LLC and 1 more |
| Bethel → Kongiganak BET–KKH | 1,879 | 3,192 | Grant Aviation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... and 2 more |
| Bethel → Kipnuk BET–KPN | 1,873 | 3,163 | Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Grant Aviation, Fox Aircraft, LLC and 3 more |
| Bethel → Kasigluk BET–KUK | 1,863 | 3,481 | Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Grant Aviation, Fox Aircraft, LLC and 1 more |
| Bethel → Chevak BET–VAK | 1,833 | 5,296 | Grant Aviation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... and 1 more |
| Bethel → Hooper Bay BET–HPB | 1,751 | 4,080 | Grant Aviation, Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/... and 1 more |
All 90 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 96 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| helicopters | 7 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 93,382, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 4,211 |
| air taxi and commuter | 65,876 |
| general aviation, travelling | 22,476 |
| general aviation, local | 628 |
| military | 191 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Bethel:
- Airlift Alaska Yute Commuter Service Yute Air Bethel (Paklook Air, Inc) 23 aircraft on the certificate Yute Commuter Service operates scheduled passenger and cargo flights throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Alaska, based in Bethel.
- Fox Aircraft LLC 14 aircraft on the certificate Fox Air operates scheduled and charter flights throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska, based in Bethel.
- Renfro'S Alaskan Adventures INC 7 aircraft on the certificate
- Ptarmigan Air LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate
- Dehaan Aviation LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate DeHaan Aviation is a charter operator based in Bethel, Alaska, serving the Y-K Delta region and beyond.
- Yukon Helicopters INC 3 aircraft on the certificate Yukon Helicopters operates helicopter and fixed-wing air taxi services in Southwest Alaska from Bethel.
- Vandeventer, Matthew S 2 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 training center examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bethel 120 aircraft · 105 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 3 turboprops
- Yr-Aircraft Leasing LLC 19 aircraft in town
- Fox Aircraft LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Elijah Air LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Dehaan Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Airlift Alaska Yute Commuter Service Yute Air Bethel (Paklook Air, Inc) 23 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Fox Aircraft LLC 14 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Renfro'S Alaskan Adventures INC 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Ptarmigan Air LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 2,540 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc., Lynden Air Cargo Airlines
- Quinhagak (KWN) 2,210 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service
- Tuntutuliak (WTL) 1,963 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service
- Kongiganak (KKH) 1,879 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service
- Kipnuk (KPN) 1,873 flights in twelve months · Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service, Grant Aviation
- Kasigluk (KUK) 1,863 flights in twelve months · Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service, Grant Aviation
- Chevak (VAK) 1,833 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service
- Hooper Bay (HPB) 1,751 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation, Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 52 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,143 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BET.json.
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 27, 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.