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{{Infobox Airport
| name         = Buckland Airport
| image        = BVK-g.jpg
| image-width  = 250
| IATA         = BKC
| ICAO         = PABL
| FAA          = BVK
| type         = Public
| owner        = [[State of Alaska DOT&PF]] - Northern Region
| operator     = 
| city-served  = [[Buckland, Alaska]]
| location     = 
| elevation-f  = 31
| elevation-m  = 9
| coordinates  = {{coord|65|58|54|N|161|08|57|W|region:US-AK_type:airport}}
| website      = 
| pushpin_map = USA Alaska
| pushpin_relief = 
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Alaska
| pushpin_label = '''BKC'''
| r1-number    = 11/29
| r1-length-f  = 3,200
| r1-length-m  = 975
| r1-surface   = Gravel
| stat-year    = 2015
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2013)
| stat1-data   = 4,250
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data   = 1
| stat3-header = Passengers
| stat3-data   = 6,968
| stat4-header = Freight
| stat4-data   = 1,234,000 lbs
| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=BVK|use=PU|own=PU|site=50073.1*A}}, effective January 5, 2017.</ref>
}}

'''Buckland Airport''' ({{airport codes|BKC|PABL|BVK{{nobold|, formerly}} 7K5|p=n}}; [[Iñupiaq language|Iñupiaq]]: ''Nunatchiam Mirvia'' or ''Kaŋium Mirvia'') is a state-owned public-use [[airport]] located one nautical mile (1.85&nbsp;km) southwest of the [[central business district]] of [[Buckland, Alaska|Buckland]],<ref name="FAA" /> a city in the [[Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska|Northwest Arctic Borough]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]]. The airport is situated on the [[Buckland River]].

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter [[location identifier]] for the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] and [[International Air Transport Association|IATA]], this airport is assigned '''BVK''' by the FAA<ref name="FAA" /> and '''BKC''' by the IATA<ref>[http://gc.kls2.com/airport/BKC Great Circle Mapper: BKC / PABL - Buckland, Alaska]</ref> (which assigned '''BVK''' to [[Huacaraje]], [[Bolivia]]<ref>[http://gc.kls2.com/airport/BVK Great Circle Mapper: BVK / SLHJ - Huacaraje, Bolivia]</ref>). The airport's [[International Civil Aviation Organization|ICAO]] identifier is '''PABL'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/LID/L_G2.htm |title=Alaskan ICAO Identifiers |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |access-date=2009-08-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728131935/http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/LID/L_G2.htm |archive-date=2009-07-28 }}</ref>

== Facilities and aircraft ==
Buckland Airport covers an area of {{convert|184|acre|ha}} at an [[elevation]] of 31 feet (9 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has one [[runway]] designated 11/29 with a [[gravel]] surface measuring 3,200 by 75 feet (975 x 23 m).<ref name="FAA" />

== Airlines and destinations ==
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| [[Bering Air]] | [[Deering Airport|Deering]], [[Ralph Wien Memorial Airport|Kotzebue]]<ref>[https://www.beringair.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/OTZ-Published-Flight-Schedule-eff.-5.2.21.pdf Bering Air Kotzebue Schedule] Retrieved Sep 10, 2022.</ref>}}
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, [[Ravn Alaska]] served the airport from multiple locations. As of January 2022, Ravn has not reintroduced services.

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Alaska]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050119150323/http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/BVK.gif FAA Alaska airport diagram] <small>([[GIF]])</small>
* {{FAA-procedures|BVK}}
{{US-airport2|BVK|PABL|BKC}}

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