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Z48 Bear Creek 3 Airport
Bear Creek, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 FEBRUARY 2026

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 -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving 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

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions: 1800 x 25 ft. / 549 x 8 m
ADDNL 17 FT EITHER SIDE HAS BRUSH & SOFT SFC.
Surface: turf/dirt, in poor condition
8 FT TREES & 4 FT GRASS ALG UNDULATING SFC.
Operational restrictions: LND RWY 15; TKOF RWY 33. E SIDE USED AS ROAD; 5 IN RUTS. S END DOGLEGS TO E.
RUNWAY 15  RUNWAY 33
Traffic pattern: leftright
Obstructions: 30 ft. trees, 40 ft. left and right of centerline
61 FT TREES BOTH ENDS DCR USBL LEN.		61 ft. trees, 82 ft. from runway
61 FT TREES BOTH ENDS DCR USBL LEN.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: PUBLIC DOMAIN

Additional Remarks

- UNMNT; RCMD VISUAL INSP BFR USE.
- MOOSE INVOF RWY.

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 21-Feb-2026
 Local
(UTC-9)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight08:0917:09
Sunrise08:5817:58
Sunset18:1903:19
Evening civil twilight19:0704:07

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  21-Feb-2026 19:55:31
Local (UTC-9)  21-Feb-2026 10:55:31
 
METAR
PAMC 
39nm S 		211853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT090 M30/M33 A3098 RMK AO2 SLP510 T13001328 TSNO
PATL 
41nm S 		211855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT085 M22/M25 A3091 RMK AO2 SLP517 T12181252
TAF
PAMC 
39nm S 		211723Z 2118/2218 VRB03KT P6SM SCT100 FM221000 VRB03KT 5SM -SN BR OVC050
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