Birchwood Airport (ICAO: PABV, FAA LID: BCV) is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Birchwood[1] (also known as Chugiak), in the Anchorage Municipality of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Birchwood Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF
ServesBirchwood, Alaska
Elevation AMSL83 ft / 25 m
Coordinates61°24′58″N 149°30′30″W / 61.41611°N 149.50833°W / 61.41611; -149.50833
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BCV is located in Alaska
BCV
BCV
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2L/20R 4,010 1,222 Asphalt
2R/20L 1,800 549 Asphalt/gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations70,188 (2013)
Based aircraft303

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 450 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2010, an increase of 20% from the 375 enplanements in 2009.[2] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[3]

Facilities and aircraft edit

Birchwood Airport covers an area of 196 acres (79 ha) at an elevation of 83 feet (25 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 1L/19R is 4,008 by 100 feet (1,222 x 30 m) with an asphalt surface; 1R/19L is 1,802 by 50 feet (549 x 15 m) with an asphalt and gravel surface. There are 292 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 1% helicopter, 1% glider, and 2% ultralight.[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for BCV PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  3. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.

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