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.
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What is the airport code for Bear Creek 3 Airport?
Its FAA code is Z48.
Where is Bear Creek 3 Airport?
It is 3 miles west of Bear Creek, Alaska, 740 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Bear Creek 3 Airport?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 1,800 feet long, grass and dirt.
Does Bear Creek 3 Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: MC Grath Airport (40 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: MC Grath Airport (40 nm south), MC Grath Seaplane Base (40 nm south).
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
- 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.
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bear Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Bear Creek, 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,143 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/Z48.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 November 2, 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.