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 based aircraft. 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.
Weather right now PABT · observed 3:53 pm AKDT (23:53 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 3,400 feet, a broken layer at 4,500 feet, overcast at 7,000 feet
- Weather: light snow
- Temperature 31°F (-1°C), dew point 25°F (-4°C)
- Altimeter 29.80 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:20 pm AKDT (23:20 UTC), good until Wed 4:00 pm AKDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 4:00 pm AKDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the north at 6 knots, visibility 6 miles, light snow showers, mist, overcast at 2,500 feet MVFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm AKDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the north at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 3,500 feet VFR
- From Wed 4:00 am AKDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the north at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PABT 062353Z VRB06KT 10SM -SN FEW034 BKN045 OVC070 M01/M04 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP107 PCPN VRY LGT 60000 4/002 T10061039 11006 21028 53017 PNO $
TAF PABT 062320Z 0700/0724 36006KT 6SM -SHSN BR OVC025 FM070300 35004KT P6SM OVC035 FM071200 35004KT P6SM BKN050
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 4,150, 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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.