Airports / PAGQ / Big Lake AirportIATA BGQGood ground coverage

📍 Big Lake⬆ 158 ft1 runways

PAGQ · BGQ

Big Lake Airport

61.53610°N

-149.81400°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 30.8%

DEP / DAY

▼ 33.3%

Big Lake Airport (PAGQ/BGQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Big Lake, AK, 22 mi north of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 2,435 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

1 installed

2,435 FT MAX

07/25

2,435 ft × 70

GRAVEL-G○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

52% of ops

45 land · 28 TO

48% of ops

41 land · 41 TO

Runway 07 carries 52% of operations (45 landings, 28 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 48%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

07 45 landings

UA 13%

25 41 landings

UA 12%

Approaches to 07 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 45 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

3.1

flights/day · 93 total

Busy hour (local)

1am

also 8pm · 9pm

Day vs night

16%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1am–9pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (4.6 vs 2.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (29% of 93 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
APCH	118.600	—
CLASS C	118.600	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAN
Mag var:: 15° E

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