Airports / Alaska / JBT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
3 nm
To the nearest alternate
Bethel Airport (BET) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Bethel Seaplane Base (JBT) is a seaplane base serving Bethel, Alaska. The field lies at an elevation of 15 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
JBT has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Bethel Airport (BET, 3 nm), Napaskiak Airport (PKA, 5 nm), and Kwethluk Airport (KWT, 9 nm).
Quotes for flights out of JBT vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from JBT, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
Z59
IATA
JBT
FAA / Local
Z59
Elevation
15 ft
Coordinates
60.7820° N · 161.7430° 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
Seaplane
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs AK fields
state range 2–3,318 ft
At 15 ft, JBT sits lower than 91% 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.
- 3nmBETBethel AirportBethel
- 5nmPKANapaskiak AirportNapaskiak
- 9nmKWTKwethluk AirportKwethluk
- 9nmWNANapakiak AirportNapakiak
- 11nmKKIAkiachak AirportAkiachak
- 16nmATTAtmautluak AirportAtmautluak
Location
Open the full mapZ59 · Bethel Seaplane Base · Bethel, AK