Airports / Alaska / BGQ
Big Lake Airport
PAGQ / BGQBig Lake, AlaskaELEV 158 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
8 nm
To the nearest alternate
Wasilla Airport (WWA) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Big Lake Airport (PAGQ / BGQ) sits in Big Lake, Alaska, where it functions as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 158 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
BGQ has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Wasilla Airport (WWA, 8 nm), Birchwood Airport (PABV, 11 nm), and Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF, 17 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BGQ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BGQ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
PAGQ
IATA
BGQ
FAA / Local
BGQ
Elevation
158 ft
Coordinates
61.5347° N · 149.8129° 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 158 ft, BGQ sits higher than 58% 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.
- 8nmWWAWasilla AirportWasilla
- 11nmPABVBirchwood AirportBirchwood
- 17nmEDFElmendorf Air Force BaseAnchorage
- 19nmMRIMerrill FieldAnchorage
- 21nmPAQWarren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal AirportPalmer
- 22nmANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportAnchorage
Location
Open the full mapPAGQ · Big Lake Airport · Big Lake, AK
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