Z48
Bear Creek 3 Airport
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Location Information for Z48
Coordinates: N63°34.30' / W156°8.64'
Located 03 miles W of Bear Creek, Alaska. View all Airports in Alaska.
Estimated Elevation is 740 feet MSL.
Operations Data
Airport Use:Open to the public
Activation Date:October 1951
Status:Operational
Control Tower:No
Seg-Circle:No
Beacon:None
Wind Indicator:None
A.R.T.C.C.:ANCHORAGE
F.S.S.:KENAI
NOTAMs Facility:ENA (NOTAM-D available)
Sectional Chart:MC GRATH
AirspaceAnalysis:NOT ANALYZED
ESTABD PRIOR TO 1959.
Attendance:Unattended
Airport Communications
CTAF:122.900
ASOS at MCG (39.9 S):135.65 907-524-3850
AWOS-3 at TLJ (40.9 S): 907-552-1106
AWOS-3P at FSP (58.4 SE):118.325 907-560-7606
Nearby Navigation Aids
IDNameFreqRadial / Range
VOT MCG MC GRATH 115.50 320°40.0
IDNameFreqBearing / Range
Runway 15/33
LND RWY 15; TKOF RWY 33. E SIDE USED AS ROAD; 5 IN RUTS. S END DOGLEGS TO E.
Dimensions:1800 x 25 feet / 549 x 8 meters
ADDNL 17 FT EITHER SIDE HAS BRUSH & SOFT SFC.
Surface:Turf-Dirt in Poor Condition
8 FT TREES & 4 FT GRASS ALG UNDULATING SFC.
Runway 15Runway 33
Traffic Pattern: Left Right
Obstacles: 30 ft Trees 0 ft from runway, 40 ft right of center
61 FT TREES BOTH ENDS DCR USBL LEN.
61 ft Trees 82 ft from runway
61 FT TREES BOTH ENDS DCR USBL LEN.
Ownership Information
Ownership:Publicly owned
Owner:PUBLIC DOMAIN
Manager:
Other Remarks
  • UNMNT; RCMD VISUAL INSP BFR USE.
  • MOOSE INVOF RWY.
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