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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Bethel, Alaska | ||||||||||||||||||
Hub for | Passenger | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 129 ft / 39 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 60°46′43″N 161°50′14″W / 60.77861°N 161.83722°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bethel Airport (IATA: BET, ICAO: PABE, FAA LID: BET) is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 140,291 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 134,848 enplanements in 2009, and 144,353 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[4]