Barter Island Airport
BTI · PABA · Barter Island, Alaska · Upper Yukon County · map
Barter Island Airport is a public-use airport owned by North Slope Borough, 1 mile nne of Barter Island, Alaska, 55 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,500 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 3,350 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,836 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PABA · observed 2:47 pm AKDT (22:47 UTC), 7 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 18 knots
- Visibility 1.75 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 1,200 feet, overcast at 1,800 feet
- Weather: light snow, mist
- Temperature 27°F (-3°C), dew point 25°F (-4°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI PABA 062247Z AUTO 04018KT 1 3/4SM -SN BR BKN012 OVC018 M03/M04 A2997 RMK AO2 VIS 1 1/2V3 P0000 FZRANO TSNO $
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 BTI · ICAO PABA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- North Slope Borough
- Elevation
- 55 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- September to May, every day, 6:00 am to 12:00 am; June to August, every day, 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Point Barrow sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,500 × 100 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | |
| Barter Island Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 120.6 | |
| Bti and aWOS-3P | 121.450 | |
| Barter Island Rco | 122.0 | Barter Island |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-640-2124.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,350, 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 Barter Island from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Barter Island, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Not required under far 157.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25; runway end identifier lights runways 07 and 25 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 07 and 25 operates continuously.
- Runway unmnt; recommended visual insp prior to landing.
- Gulls, waterfowl and bears in the vicinity of airport SPRING-FALL.
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.