Beluga Airport (PABG), Alaska
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
PABG (BLG), also known as Beluga, is a private-use airport in Beluga, Alaska, with two gravel runways. It sits roughly 30 nm from the nearest customs facility at PANC, and traffic is limited to business aviation operations tracked by FAA TFMSC.
Runways
Beluga Airport has two unpaved runways. The longest, 01/19, is 5,002 ft long and 100 ft wide, with a gravel surface.
Runways are listed longest first. Helipads and surfaces under 500 ft are excluded.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Fuel and airfield services
Fueling is available 24 hours a day, every day, and the airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Customs
Beluga Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Ted Stevens Anchorage International (PANC), 30 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Beluga Airport recorded 242 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in September, October and November. Business aviation traffic at PABG is higher in fall months, with September, October, and November each posting 29 or more operations compared to a low of 4 in February.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month October, 30 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Operating constraints
Beluga Airport has published operating constraints in five categories: access, weight restrictions, runway notes, environmental and other notes.
A road crosses adjacent to the north end of the runway. Brush hinders vehicles from seeing aircraft arriving on the approach end.
Aircraft over 20,000 pounds and all landing operations require prior permission.
The medium intensity runway lights for runways 01/19 and 09/27 are pilot-activated via CTAF.
The runway is not maintained during winter.
The first 200 feet of runway 19 is soft and unstable.
Uncontrolled vehicle operations occur on the road along the east side of the runways.
The west side of the taxiway shoulder is not available beyond the runway edge lights.
Runways are not visible to personnel.
The shoulder on the west and north sides of the runways is soggy.
Wildlife is present on and in the vicinity of the airport.
A weather camera is available on the internet at https://weathercams.faa.gov.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Beluga Airport has five airfields within 37 NM. The closest is McGahan Industrial Airpark, 27.90 NM south.
Part of the Southern Alaska area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at PABG
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at PABG.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Frequently asked questions
What runways are available at PABG?
PABG (Beluga) has two gravel runways: 01/19 at 5,002 feet by 100 feet, and 09/27 at 2,505 feet by 60 feet. Neither runway is paved, and runway 01/19 is not maintained in winter.
Is prior permission required to land at Beluga Airport?
Yes. According to the airport remarks for PABG, any aircraft over 20,000 pounds and all landing operations require prior permission. Dispatchers should plan for PPR coordination ahead of any arrival.
Where is the nearest customs facility to PABG?
The nearest customs facility to PABG (Beluga) is PANC, Ted Stevens Anchorage International, located about 30.32 nm away. PABG itself has no onsite customs processing, so international arrivals must clear at PANC.