Airports / Alaska / BKC
Buckland Airport
PABL / BKCBuckland, AlaskaELEV 31 FT
Google rating
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
40 nm
To the nearest alternate
Deering Airport (DRG) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Buckland Airport, listed as PABL / BKC, is a general aviation field in Buckland, Alaska. The field lies at an elevation of 31 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
BKC has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Deering Airport (DRG, 40 nm), Selawik Airport (WLK, 47 nm), and Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport (ORV, 50 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BKC vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as 7K5. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BKC, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
PABL
IATA
BKC
FAA / Local
BVK
Elevation
31 ft
Coordinates
65.9816° N · 161.1490° 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
Yes
Elevation vs AK fields
state range 2–3,318 ft
At 31 ft, BKC sits lower than 75% 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.
- 40nmDRGDeering AirportDeering
- 47nmWLKSelawik AirportSelawik
- 50nmORVRobert (Bob) Curtis Memorial AirportNoorvik
- 62nmIANBob Baker Memorial AirportKiana
- 63nmKKAKoyuk Alfred Adams AirportKoyuk
- 64nmOTZRalph Wien Memorial AirportKotzebue
Location
Open the full mapPABL · Buckland Airport · Buckland, AK
From the ramp
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