Birch Creek Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north-northwest of the central business district of Birch Creek, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.Facilities and aircraftBirch Creek Airport covers an area of 155acre at an elevation of 450 feet (137 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 850 aircraft operations, an average of 70 per month: 59% air taxi and 41% general aviation.