Birchwood Airport

Airport

BCV

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
2L/20R	4,010	1,222	Asphalt
2R/20L	1,800	549	Asphalt/gravel

Statistics (2015)

Aircraft operations	70,188 (2013)
Based aircraft	303

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

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.

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

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for BCV PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
^ "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.
^ "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.

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
Aerial image as of 4 September 1996^{[permanent dead link]} from USGS The National Map
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BCV
- AirNav airport information for PABV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PABV
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for BCV