Bethel Airport

Construction began September 21, 1941, and the airfield was activated July 4, 1942; it was known as Bethel Air Base. It was used by Air Transport Command as auxiliary airfield for Lend-Lease aircraft being flown to Siberia. The facility was transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command in 1945; it became the joint-use Bethel Airport. It was used for construction of AC&W Bethel Air Force Station in the mid-1950s. Full jurisdiction was turned over to Alaska Government in 1958. ==Facilities and aircraft==

Bethel Airport covers an area of 1,056 acres (427 ha) at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has three runways: 1L/19R is with an asphalt surface; 1R/19L is with an asphalt surface; 12/30 is with an asphalt/gravel surface. For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2018, the airport had 122,000 aircraft operations, an average of 334 per day: 54% air taxi, 41% general aviation, 4% scheduled commercial, and 1% military. At that time there were 112 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 6% helicopter, and 2% military. ==Airlines and destinations==

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service: ==Statistics==