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| 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 |
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Runway 03 |
Runway 21 |
| Traffic Pattern: | Left | Left |
| Markings: | Non-precision instrument, Fair Condition | Non-precision instrument, Fair Condition |
| Crossing Height: | 40.00 ft | 40.00 ft |
| VASI: | 2-light PAPI on left side | 2-light PAPI on left side |
| Visual Glide Angle: | 3.00° | 3.00° |
| Runway End Identifier: | Yes | Yes |
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Radio Navigation Aids
| ID |
Type |
Name |
Ch |
Freq |
Var |
Dist |
| CDC | VOR/DME | Cedar City | 120X | 117.30 | 16E | 44.1 nm |
| BCE | VORTAC | Bryce Canyon | 075X | 112.80 | 15E | 7.6 nm |
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| General Info
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| Country |
United States
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| State |
UTAH
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| FAA ID |
BCE
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| Latitude |
37-42-22.936N
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| Longitude |
112-08-43.701W
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| Elevation |
7586 feet
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| Near City |
BRYCE CANYON
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