Beaver Airport
WBQ · PAWB · Beaver, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Beaver Airport is a public-use airport in Beaver, Alaska, 365 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,934 feet of gravel and dirt. The FAA counts about 500 takeoffs and landings a year. About 830 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Beaver Airport?
Its FAA code is WBQ, and its ICAO code is PAWB.
Where is Beaver Airport?
It is in Beaver, Alaska, 365 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Beaver Airport?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,934 feet long, gravel and dirt.
Does Beaver Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Beaver Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Fairbanks International, Stevens Village, Fort Yukon, Venetie, Arctic Village. 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 Beaver 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 WBQ · ICAO PAWB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 365 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
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,934 × 75 ft | Gravel and dirt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: trees on the approach
- Runway 23: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Fort Yukon Rco | 122.05 | Fort Yukon |
| Yukon River Bridge Rco | 122.15 | Yukon River Bridge |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
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 rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Snow removal operations during WINTER--MONITOR the common traffic frequency.
- Active road transits runway 1000 feet FR runway 05 thld.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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 360 departures from WBQ in those twelve months, carrying 970 passengers in 2,938 seats (33% filled), to 10 destinations on 4 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver → Fairbanks International WBQ–FAI | 258 | 695 | Warbelow, Wright Air Service, Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Beaver → Stevens Village WBQ–SVS | 76 | 196 | Warbelow, Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Beaver → Fort Yukon WBQ–FYU | 8 | 53 | Wright Air Service, Warbelow, Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Beaver → Venetie WBQ–VEE | 8 | 11 | Wright Air Service, Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Beaver → Arctic Village WBQ–ARC | 4 | 10 | Wright Air Service |
| Beaver → Birch Creek WBQ–KBC | 2 | 0 | Wright Air Service |
| Beaver → Allakaket WBQ–AET | 1 | 3 | Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Beaver → Circle WBQ–IRC | 1 | 0 | Tatonduk Outfitters... |
All 10 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
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
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 500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 500 |
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 Beaver from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Beaver, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- Fairbanks International (FAI) 258 flights in twelve months · Warbelow, Wright Air Service
- Stevens Village (SVS) 76 flights in twelve months · Warbelow, Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Fort Yukon (FYU) 8 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Warbelow
- Venetie (VEE) 8 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Arctic Village (ARC) 4 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Birch Creek (KBC) 2 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Allakaket (AET) 1 flights in twelve months · Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Circle (IRC) 1 flights in twelve months · Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WBQ.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 30, 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.