AirportsBirch Creek Airport is a small airport serving Birch Creek, in Alaska, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KBC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KBC
- ICAO code
- Z91
- City
- Birch Creek
- State or region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 66.2740° N, 145.8240° W
- Elevation
- 137 m (450 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,219 m (4,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KBC means Birch Creek Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: Z91. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 66.2740° N, 145.8240° W. It stands 137 metres (450 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Badger, about 182 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Anchorage, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Birch Creek Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,219 metres (4,000 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 550.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,219 m 4,000 ft | 23 m | Gravel | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Yukon AirportFort Yukon | FYU | 42 km |
| Beaver AirportBeaver | WBQ | 71 km |
| Venetie AirportVenetie | VEE | 85 km |
| Central AirportCentral | CEM | 91 km |
| Circle City (New) AirportCircle | IRC | 93 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,862 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,991 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 9,681 km | 12 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,598 km | 8 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,153 km | 6 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,020 km | 5 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,756 km | 13 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,744 km | 7 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,352 km | 15 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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