Bear Creek 3 Airport
Z48 · Bear Creek, Alaska · Kuskokwim County · map
Bear Creek 3 Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles west of Bear Creek, Alaska, 740 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 1,800 feet of grass and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Z48
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 740 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Mc Grath sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 23E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 1,800 × 25 ft | Grass and dirt, poor |
- Runway 15: trees on the approach
- Runway 33: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 61 ft high 82 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Bear Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Bear Creek, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr use.
- Lnd runway 15; takeoff runway 33. East side used as road; 5 in ruts. South end doglegs to east.
- Addnl 17 feet either side has brush and soft surface.
- 61 feet trees both ends dcr usable length.
- 61 feet trees both ends dcr usable length.
- 8 feet trees and 4 feet grass alg undulating surface.
- Moose in the vicinity of runway.
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.