Airports / Alaska / BSW
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
20 nm
To the nearest alternate
Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport (CDV) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Boswell Bay, Alaska, Boswell Bay Airport (BSW) operates as a general aviation field. Field elevation is 230 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list BSW as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport (CDV, 20 nm), Tatitlek Airport (TEK, 31 nm), and Valdez Pioneer Field (VDZ, 43 nm).
Trip costs from BSW are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from BSW to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
AK97
IATA
BSW
FAA / Local
AK97
Elevation
230 ft
Coordinates
60.4231° N · 146.1460° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs AK fields
state range 2–3,318 ft
At 230 ft, BSW sits higher than 63% of the 285 Alaska fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 20nmCDVMerle K (Mudhole) Smith AirportCordova
- 31nmTEKTatitlek AirportTatitlek
- 43nmVDZValdez Pioneer FieldValdez
- 59nmNCNChenega Bay AirportChenega
- 99nmSWDSeward AirportSeward
- 106nmGKNGulkana AirportGulkana
Location
Open the full mapAK97 · Boswell Bay Airport · Boswell Bay, AK