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Bethel Airport

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Summary

Bethel Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (278 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Alaska[3], Bethel[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: aerodrome[6], commercial traffic aerodrome[7]
  • Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities[8]
  • Named after: Bethel[9]
  • IATA airport code: BET[10]
  • ICAO airport code: PABE[11]
  • FAA airport code: BET[12]
  • Commons category: Bethel Airport[13]
  • Runway: 01L/19R[14], 01R/19L[15], 12/30[16]
  • Inception: 1942[17], January 11, 1958[18]
  • Coordinate location: 60.778611111111, -161.83722222222[19]
  • Place served by transport hub: Bethel[20]
  • Replaces: Bethel Air Base[21]
  • Date of official opening: 1942[22]
  • Elevation above sea level: 129[23]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 60.77856, -161.83717[24]
  • Patronage: 321,748[25], 320,220[26], 293,304[27], 311,582[28]
  • State of use: in use[29]

Why It Matters

Bethel Airport has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Alaska United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 22w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Alaska, Bethel
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 60.778611111111, 'longitude': -161.83722222222}
    Named after → —
    Located in time zone → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "PABE"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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