Bethel Seaplane Base
Bethel Seaplane Base is a public use seaplane base located on the Kuskokwim River in Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “Bethel SPB” and “JBT”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bethel and Oscarville.
Bethel
Photo: Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bethel is a city of 6,500 people in Alaska. It is the main hub for many of the surrounding native villages and the main port of the Kuskokwim River in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta.
Oscarville
Hamlet
Photo: U.S. Government Accountability Office, Public domain.
Oscarville is a census-designated place in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 70 at the 2010 census, up from 61 in 2000. Oscarville is situated 4½ miles south of Bethel Seaplane Base.
Napaskiak
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Napaskiak is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Napaskiak had a population of 509. Napaskiak is situated 6 miles south of Bethel Seaplane Base.
Bethel Seaplane Base
- Categories: seaplane base and transportation
- Location: Bethel, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.7901° or 60° 47′ 24″ northLongitude
-161.74411° or 161° 44′ 39″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)IATA airport code
JBTOpen location code
92GWQ7R4+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 4737766465OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
5880571Wikidata ID
Q619938
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Bethel Seaplane Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bethel Seaplane Base”
- French: “aérodrome de Bethel”
- French: “Aérodrome de Bethel”
- French: “Z59”
- Indonesian: “JBT”
- Persian: “پایگاه آبنشین بتل”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи обншстн бтл”
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