Airports / Alaska / KBC
Birch Creek Airport
KBCBirch Creek, AlaskaELEV 450 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
23 nm
To the nearest alternate
Fort Yukon Airport (FYU) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Birch Creek Airport (KBC) is a general aviation field serving Birch Creek, Alaska. The field lies at an elevation of 450 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
KBC has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Fort Yukon Airport (FYU, 23 nm), Beaver Airport (WBQ, 39 nm), and Venetie Airport (VEE, 46 nm).
Quotes for flights out of KBC vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from KBC, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
Z91
IATA
KBC
FAA / Local
Z91
Elevation
450 ft
Coordinates
66.2740° N · 145.8240° 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 450 ft, KBC sits higher than 78% 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.
- 23nmFYUFort Yukon AirportFort Yukon
- 39nmWBQBeaver AirportBeaver
- 46nmVEEVenetie AirportVenetie
- 49nmCEMCentral AirportCentral
- 50nmIRCCircle City (New) AirportCircle
- 55nmCIKChalkyitsik AirportChalkyitsik
Location
Open the full mapZ91 · Birch Creek Airport · Birch Creek, AK