Airports / Alaska / BCC
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
35 nm
To the nearest alternate
Takotna Airport (TCT) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Bear Creek, Alaska, Bear Creek 3 Airport (BCC) operates as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 740 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
BCC has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Takotna Airport (TCT, 35 nm), McGrath Airport (MCG, 40 nm), and Tatalina LRRS Airport (TLJ, 41 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BCC vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BCC, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
Z48
IATA
BCC
FAA / Local
Z48
Elevation
740 ft
Coordinates
63.5733° N · 156.1495° 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 740 ft, BCC sits higher than 85% 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.
- 35nmTCTTakotna AirportTakotna
- 40nmMCGMcGrath AirportMcGrath
- 41nmTLJTatalina LRRS AirportTakotna
- 59nmNIBNikolai AirportNikolai
- 72nmRBYRuby AirportRuby
- 73nmGALEdward G. Pitka Sr AirportGalena
Location
Open the full mapZ48 · Bear Creek 3 Airport · Bear Creek, AK