Big Lake Airport
BGQ · PAGQ · Big Lake, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Big Lake Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile southeast of Big Lake, Alaska, 162 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,450 feet of gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BGQ · ICAO PAGQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 162 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 2,450 × 70 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: trees on the approach
- Runway 25: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace | 118.6 |
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Aircraft registered in Big Lake from the FAA register
112 aircraft are registered to owners in Big Lake, Alaska: 103 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 20 since 1982, 1 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
- Low flying aircraft in the vicinity of approach to Big Lake VOR.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - 122.8
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to use.
- Updraft off of rising hill on approach to runway 25.
- Runway 07+15' road parallel to runway end.
- 190 feet above ground level lighted tower 2 NM northeast of airport.
- Be alert: occasional ultra light traffic.
- Airport has designated transient aircraft parking available. Transient aircraft parking is designated with green cones.
- Be alert: frost heave on runway approximately 2200 feet.
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.