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Z48 Bear Creek 3 Airport
Bear Creek, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 15 MAY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: Z48
Lat/Long: 63-34-17.7930N 156-08-38.5820W
63-34.296550N 156-08.643033W
63.5716092,-156.1440506
(estimated)
Elevation: 740 ft. / 226 m (estimated)
Variation: 23E (1985)
From city: 3 miles W of BEAR CREEK, AK
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1951
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-283-7211]
NOTAMs facility: ENA (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: no
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
MCGr320/39.9MC GRATH VORTAC115.5019E

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions: 1800 x 25 ft. / 549 x 8 m
ADDITIONAL 17 FT ON EITHER SIDE LOW BRUSH AND SOFTER GROUND.
Surface: turf/dirt, in poor condition
WILLOWS UP TO 8 FT & GRASS UP TO 4 FT ALONG UNDULATING RY SFC.
Operational restrictions: LAND RY 15 - TKOF RY 33.
RUNWAY 15  RUNWAY 33
Traffic pattern: leftright
Obstructions: 30 ft. trees, 40 ft. left and right of centerline
TREES TO 61 FT ON BOTH THLD EFFECTIVELY DECREASE USABLE LENGTH.		61 ft. trees, 82 ft. from runway

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: PUBLIC DOMAIN

Additional Remarks

- AIRFIELD NOT MONITORED, RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO USE.
- RY 15/33 DOGLEGS TO THE E AT S END.
- RY 15/33 E SIDE USED AS A ROAD; TIRE RUTS TO 5 INCHES.
- MOOSE INVOF RY.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at Z48.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAMC - Mc Grath Airport (40 nm S)
PATL - Tatalina LRRS Airport (41 nm S)
PAFS - Nikolai Airport (58 nm SE)
PARY - Ruby Airport (72 nm N)
PAGA - Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (73 nm N)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-May-2025
 Local
(UTC-8)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight03:3511:35
Sunrise05:1313:13
Sunset23:2907:29
Evening civil twilight01:0609:06

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-May-2025 14:36:26
Local (UTC-8)  16-May-2025 06:36:26
 
METAR
PAMC 
39nm S 		161153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC085 08/03 A2957 RMK AO2 SLP017 T00780028 10122 20072 51010 TSNO
PATL 
41nm S 		161416Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM OVC065 07/02 A2961 RMK AO2 SLP030
TAF
PAMC 
39nm S 		161132Z 1612/1712 00000KT P6SM OVC090 FM161500 27003KT P6SM OVC050
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