AirportsBeaver Airport is a small airport serving Beaver, in Alaska, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is WBQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WBQ
- ICAO code
- PAWB
- City
- Beaver
- State or region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 66.3622° N, 147.4070° W
- Elevation
- 109 m (359 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,199 m (3,934 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WBQ means Beaver Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: PAWB. ICAO codes that begin with P belong to the North Pacific, including Alaska and Hawaii. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 66.3622° N, 147.4070° W. It stands 109 metres (359 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Fairbanks, about 170 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
Beaver Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,199 metres (3,934 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 568.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 1,199 m 3,934 ft | 23 m | Gravel | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Birch Creek AirportBirch Creek | KBC | 71 km |
| Stevens Village AirportStevens Village | SVS | 83 km |
| Venetie AirportVenetie | VEE | 85 km |
| Fort Yukon AirportFort Yukon | FYU | 99 km |
| Central AirportCentral | CEM | 148 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,811 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,941 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 9,648 km | 12 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,618 km | 8 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,223 km | 6 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,074 km | 5 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,686 km | 13 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,673 km | 7 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,302 km | 15 h 20 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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