Bettles Airport
BTT · PABT · Bettles, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Bettles Airport is a public-use airport in Bettles, Alaska, 647 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 5,190 feet of gravel. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 10 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 4,150 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,867 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Bettles Airport?
Its FAA code is BTT, and its ICAO code is PABT.
Where is Bettles Airport?
It is in Bettles, Alaska, 647 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Bettles Airport?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 5,190 feet long, gravel.
Does Bettles Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Bettles Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Bettles Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Fairbanks International, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Coldfoot, Prospect Creek. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Bettles Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BTT · ICAO PABT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 647 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1949
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,190 × 150 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14W/32W | 4,100 × 200 ft | Water |
- Runway 02: VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), road on the approach
- Runway 20: VASI, four boxes on the left, road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Bettles and rco | 121.5 | Bettles |
| Bettles and rco | 122.2 | Bettles · Communications provided by fairbanks Flight Service on frequency 122.2 (Bettles rco). |
| Bettles and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 124.6 | |
| Btt and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.45 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-692-5900.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- tie-downs
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
- Activate sunrise to sunset - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate mals runway 02; VASI runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Winter snow removal - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp prior to landing.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -44C.
- Float plane operations 2 MI southeast.
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 679 departures from BTT in those twelve months, carrying 3,008 passengers in 5,344 seats (56% filled), to 24 destinations on 6 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bettles → Fairbanks International BTT–FAI | 316 | 1,538 | Wright Air Service, Warbelow, Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Bettles → Allakaket BTT–AET | 200 | 937 | Wright Air Service, Warbelow |
| Bettles → Anaktuvuk Pass BTT–AKP | 58 | 230 | Wright Air Service |
| Bettles → Coldfoot BTT–CXF | 22 | 84 | Wright Air Service, Warbelow |
| Bettles → Prospect Creek BTT–PPC | 20 | 0 | Wright Air Service |
| Bettles → Ambler BTT–ABL | 19 | 100 | Wright Air Service, Warbelow |
| Bettles → Bornite/Ruby Creek BTT–RLU | 9 | 42 | Wright Air Service |
| Bettles → Dahl Creek BTT–DCK | 7 | 31 | Wright Air Service |
All 24 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 | 10 |
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 4,150, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,000 |
| general aviation, local | 1,000 |
| military | 150 |
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 Bettles from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Bettles, Alaska: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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 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 Bettles 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Fairbanks International (FAI) 316 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Warbelow
- Allakaket (AET) 200 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Warbelow
- Anaktuvuk Pass (AKP) 58 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Coldfoot (CXF) 22 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Warbelow
- Prospect Creek (PPC) 20 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Ambler (ABL) 19 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Warbelow
- Bornite/Ruby Creek (RLU) 9 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Dahl Creek (DCK) 7 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,145 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BTT.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.