AK98
Buck Creek Airport
Buck Creek Airport (AK98) is a general-aviation airfield serving Buck Creek, Alaska. The field lies at 560 ft (171 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 1,220 ft (372 m), gravel. Its nearest neighbour is Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport (TNC), 12 nm WSW.
Buck Creek Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 560 ft (171 m)
- Coordinates
- 65.6387, -167.4860
- Serving
- Buck Creek
- Region
- Alaska
- Time zone
- America/Nome
Runways1 · longest 1,220 ft
The diagram shows each runway’s orientation and relative length, read from its designator — runway 17 points 170° magnetic. Threshold coordinates are not published for this field, so strips are drawn about its centre rather than where they sit on the ground. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 1,220 ft372 m | 70 ft | Gravel | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.