AirNav: AK98 - Buck Creek Airport

AK98

Buck Creek Airport
Buck Creek, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 18 APRIL 2024

Location

FAA Identifier:	AK98
Lat/Long:	65-38-19.2190N 167-29-08.9050W 65-38.320317N 167-29.148417W 65.6386719,-167.4858069 (estimated)
Elevation:	560 ft. / 171 m (estimated)
Variation:	16E (1985)
From city:	1 mile N of BUCK CREEK, AK (ARPT 1/2 MI N ABNDD MINING CAMP.)
Time zone:	UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS:	NOME FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [ 443-2291 (local call from the AIRPORT)]
Alternate FSS:	FAI FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-248-6516]
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	no
Segmented circle:	no

Airport Communications

WX AWOS-3P at IWK (15 nm W):

118.525 (907-664-3907)

Nearby radio navigation aids

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
TIN CITY		057/11.8		347		10E		TNC	- -. -.-.

Airport Services

Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE
Bottled oxygen:	NONE
Bulk oxygen:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions:	1220 x 70 ft. / 372 x 21 m
Surface:	gravel
Runway edge markings:	RWY MARKED BY BARRELS.
	RUNWAY 17	RUNWAY 35
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Runway end identifier lights:	no	no

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	PUBLIC DOMAIN

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: 100/year *
50%	transient general aviation
50%	air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 16 July 1974

Additional Remarks

-	LAND AT OWN RISK, ARPT INACTIVE, NOT MAINTAINED.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at AK98.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PATC - Tin City LRRS Airport (12 nm W)
PAIW - Wales Airport (15 nm W)
PFKT - Brevig Mission Airport (31 nm SE)
PATE - Teller Airport (37 nm SE)
PASH - Shishmaref Airport (50 nm NE)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 24-Apr-2024

	Local (UTC-8)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:43	13:43
Sunrise	06:53	14:53
Sunset	23:23	07:23
Evening civil twilight	00:33	08:33

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	24-Apr-2024 20:49:18
Local (UTC-8)	24-Apr-2024 12:49:18

METAR

PATC 12nm W	242022Z AUTO 16011KT 10SM SCT012 BKN041 02/00 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP045
PAIW 15nm W	241956Z AUTO 13015KT 10SM FEW009 SCT028 OVC043 03/01 A2967 RMK AO2 SLP049 T00330011

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