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PAGQ

Big Lake Airport
Big Lake, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 FEBRUARY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	BGQ
Lat/Long:	61-32-04.8590N 149-48-45.1740W 61-32.080983N 149-48.752900W 61.5346831,-149.8125483 (estimated)
Elevation:	162.4 ft. / 49.5 m (surveyed)
Variation:	15E (2025)
From city:	1 mile SE of BIG LAKE, AK
Time zone:	UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code:	99652

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	05/1951
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:	lighted
Segmented circle:	yes
Lights:	ACTVT MIRL RY 07/25 - 122.8
Beacon:	white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.8
ANCHORAGE APPROACH:	118.6
ANCHORAGE DEPARTURE:	118.6
CLASS C:	118.6
WX AWOS-3P at IYS (8 nm E):	135.25 (907-373-3801)
WX AWOS-3P at BCV (11 nm SE):	135.55 (907-688-0826)
WX ASOS at FRN (17 nm S):	134.25
WX ASOS at MRI (19 nm S):	124.25 (907-271-5277)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
BGQr096/4.9		BIG LAKE VORTAC		112.50		19E
TEDr353/22.4		ANCHORAGE VOR/DME		113.15		18E

Airport Services

Parking:	tiedowns
Airframe service:	MAJOR
Powerplant service:	MAJOR

Runway Information

Runway 7/25

Dimensions:	2450 x 70 ft. / 747 x 21 m
Surface:	gravel, in good condition
Runway edge lights:	medium intensity
	RUNWAY 7	RUNWAY 25
Latitude:	61-32.081043N	61-32.080910N
Longitude:	149-49.173993W	149-48.331817W
Elevation:	161.0 ft.	158.3 ft.
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Runway heading:	075 magnetic, 090 true	255 magnetic, 270 true
Markings:	NSTD, in good condition	NSTD, in good condition
Runway end identifier lights:	no	no
Touchdown point:	yes, no lights	yes, no lights
Obstructions:	60 ft. trees, 200 ft. right of centerline	50 ft. trees, 207 ft. left of centerline

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	ALASKA DOT&PF CENTRAL REGION PO BOX 196900 ANCHORAGE, AK 99519-6900 Phone 907-269-0770
Manager:	KYLER HYLTON 289 INNER SPRING LOOP, DOT&PF CENTRAL REGION PALMER, AK 99645 Phone 907-745-2159

Additional Remarks

-	LOW FLYING ACFT INVOF APCH TO BIG LAKE VOR.
-	ARPT HAS DESIGNATED TRANSIENT ACFT PARKING AVBL. TRANSIENT ACFT PARKING IS DESIGNATED WITH GREEN CONES.
-	BE ALERT: FROST HEAVE ON RY APRXLY 2200 FT.
-	RY COND NOT MONITORED; RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO USE.
-	UPDRAFT OFF OF RISING HILL ON APCH TO RY 25.
-	RY 07+15' ROAD PARALLEL TO RY END.
-	190 FT AGL LIGHTED TWR 2 NM NE OF ARPT.
-	BE ALERT: OCCASIONAL ULTRA LIGHT TRAFFIC.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 20 February 2025 at 0901Z to 20 March 2025 at 0900Z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 07		download (219KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 25		download (248KB)
VOR RWY 07		download (215KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (148KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAWS - Wasilla Airport (8 nm E)
PAUO - Willow Airport (15 nm NW)
PAFR - Bryant Army Airfield Heliport (17 nm S)
PAED - Elmendorf Air Force Base (17 nm S)
PAMR - Merrill Field Airport (19 nm S)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 09-Mar-2025

	Local (UTC-9)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:53	15:53
Sunrise	07:36	16:36
Sunset	18:44	03:44
Evening civil twilight	19:27	04:27

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	09-Mar-2025 14:31:20
Local (UTC-9)	09-Mar-2025 05:31:20

METAR

PABV 11nm SE	091356Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW070 SCT090 M03/M06 A2945 RMK AO2 SLP975 T10331056 FZRANO
PAFR 17nm S	091355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW065 OVC095 M03/M05 A2942 RMK AO2 SLP967 T10301050 $
PAED 17nm S	091355Z 35007KT 10SM FEW070 BKN120 M01/M07 A2941 RMK AO2A SLP957 T10151066 $
PAMR 19nm S	091353Z 00000KT 10SM SCT110 M02/M06 A2942 RMK AO2 SLP965 T10221056
PAAQ 21nm E	091353Z AUTO 35012G20KT 10SM CLR M03/M10 A2943 RMK AO2 SLP970 T10281100 TSNO
PALH 22nm S	091353Z 00000KT 10SM FEW075 SCT090 BKN110 M03/M06 A2943 RMK AO2 SLP966 T10281061

TAF

PAED 17nm S	090600Z 0906/1012 02008KT 9999 SCT060 BKN080 BKN100 510501 QNH2948INS BECMG 0911/0912 35009KT 9999 FEW070 SCT140 BKN200 530307 QNH2935INS BECMG 0918/0919 36012KT 9999 FEW030 BKN060 BKN140 620604 530406 QNH2923INS TX04/0923Z TNM03/0911Z
PAAQ 21nm E	091128Z 0912/1012 36015KT P6SM FEW050 BKN080 FM092200 04012G20KT P6SM BKN100

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