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Bryce Canyon Airport



Bryce Canyon Airport
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IATA: BCE – ICAO: KBCE – FAA LID: BCE
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Garfield County
Serves Bryce Canyon, Utah
Elevation AMSL 7,590 ft / 2,313 m
Coordinates 37°42′23″N 112°08′42″W / 37.70639°N 112.145°W / 37.70639; -112.145
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 7,395 2,254 Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations 3,132
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Bryce Canyon Airport (IATA: BCE, ICAO: KBCE, FAA LID: BCE) is a public airport located four miles (6 km) north of Bryce Canyon, in Garfield County, Utah, United States. It is owned by Garfield County.

The airport is near Bryce Canyon National Park and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Facilities and aircraft

Bryce Canyon Airport covers an area of 215 acres (87 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (3/21) measuring 7,395 x 75 ft (2,254 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2004, the airport had 3,132 aircraft operations: 57% general aviation, 26% air taxi and 17% scheduled commercial.

Charter airlines and destinations

  • Air Grand Canyon (Prescott, South Rim Grand Canyon)
  • Air Vegas (Las Vegas)
  • Eagle Canyon/Scenic Airlines (Las Vegas)
  • Grand Canyon Airlines
  • King Air (Henderson)
  • Westwind (Deer Valley, Page, Phoenix)

Historic significance

The Garfield County Airport Hangar is significant as an unusual example of a log hangar. The hangar was built of local ponderosa pine by the Works Progress Administration in 1936. The hangar's gabled roof is supported sawn wood trusses spanning 83 feet (25 m). The trusses are expressed on the outside and infilled with half-rounds of log, giving a half timbered effect. The hangar and airport were built by Garfield County and the WPA with the aim of attracting tourism to Bryce Canyon National Park, which had been designated in 1928.

The timber used in the hangar shows the marks of the borers that infested the trees, which were harvested as part of a program to remove beetle-killed trees. The hangar is unique in its adaptation of local construction techniques to accommodate a new transportation technology.

Bryce Canyon Airport was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Incidents

United Airlines Flight 608 a DC-6 (NC37510) was on a flight from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed at 12:29 pm on October 24, 1947 about 1.5 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, killing all 5 crew members and 47 passengers on board.

On October 6, 2000 American Airlines flight 2821 departed Denver International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport. As the MD-82 aircraft was cruising at 33,000 ft (10,000 m), there was a report of smoke in the cockpit area and loss of cabin pressure. The airliner was immediately redirected to the Bryce Canyon airport in southwestern Utah. The single runway airport only handles small prop planes daily, but was actually built to handle larger aircraft in case of emergency for the long stretch flights between Denver and Las Vegas. The American Airlines flight 2821 and the 75 people on board landed safely at 8:45 A.M.



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Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective:2008-09-25
Airport Identifier:BCE
Airport Status:Operational
Longitude/Latitude:112-08-42.2000W/37-42-23.2000N
-112.145056/37.706444 (Estimated)
Elevation:7590 ft / 2313.43 m (Estimated)
Land:215 acres
From nearest city:4 nautical miles N of Bryce Canyon, UT
Location:Garfield County, UT
Magnetic Variation:14E (1980)

Owner & Manager

Ownership:Publicly owned
Owner:Garfield County
Address:55 S Main St., Po Box 77
Panguitch, UT 84759
Phone number:435-676-8826
Manager:Greg Pollock
Address:450 North Airport Road, Po Box 640037
Bryce, UT 84764
Phone number:435-834-5239

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use:Open to public
Wind indicator:Yes
Segmented Circle:Yes
Control Tower:No
Lighting Schedule:DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 03/21, PAPI RYS 03 & 21, & REIL RWYS 03 & 21 - CTAF.
Beacon Color:Clear-Green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee charge:No
Sectional chart:Las Vegas
Region:ANM - Northwest Mountain
Boundary ARTCC:ZLC - Salt Lake City
Tie-in FSS:CDC - Cedar City
FSS on Airport:No
FSS Toll Free:1-800-WX-BRIEF
NOTAMs Facility:BCE (NOTAM-d service avaliable)
Federal Agreements:NGY

Airport Communications

CTAF:122.800
Unicom:122.800 

Airport Services

Fuel available:100LLA
FOR FUEL AFT HRS CALL 435-834-5067 OR 435-679-8684
Airframe Repair:MINOR
Power Plant Repair:MINOR
Bottled Oxygen:NONE
Bulk Oxygen:NONE

Runway Information

Runway 03/21

Dimension:7395 x 75 ft / 2254.0 x 22.9 m
Surface:ASPH, Good Condition
Surface Treatment:Porous Friction Course
Weight Limit:Single wheel: 30000 lbs.
Edge Lights:Medium
 

Runway 03

Runway 21

Traffic Pattern:LeftLeft
Markings:Non-precision instrument, Fair ConditionNon-precision instrument, Fair Condition
Crossing Height:40.00 ft40.00 ft
VASI:2-light PAPI on left side2-light PAPI on left side
Visual Glide Angle:3.00°3.00°
Runway End Identifier:YesYes

Radio Navigation Aids

ID Type Name Ch Freq Var Dist
CDCVOR/DMECedar City120X117.3016E44.1 nm
BCEVORTACBryce Canyon075X112.8015E7.6 nm

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General Info
Country United States
State UTAH
FAA ID BCE
Latitude 37-42-22.936N
Longitude 112-08-43.701W
Elevation 7586 feet
Near City BRYCE CANYON


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