Big Mountain Air Force Station | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | U.S. Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Big Mountain, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 663 ft / 202 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°21′44″N 155°15′32″W / 59.36222°N 155.25889°W | ||||||||||
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  BMX Location of airport in Alaska | |||||||||||
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Big Mountain Air Force Station (IATA: BMX, ICAO: PABM, FAA LID: 37AK) is a military use airstrip located near Big Mountain, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] The airstrip was built to support the Big Mountain Radio Relay Station, an abandoned Air Force facility located 220 miles (350 km) southwest of Anchorage on the south shore of Iliamna Lake.[2]
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for 37AK PDF, effective 2008-09-25.
- ^ "Big Mountain Radio Relay Station". Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. November 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2008-10-09.