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FS2004 Scenery--Bettles Airport (PABT) in Alaska (AK) USA. Bettles is around 175 miles north of Fairbanks in Alaska, and 25 miles north of the Arctic Circle. It is also where James "Andy" Andersen started flying for Wien Airlines and where he spent the 20 years between 1947 and 1967. Read "Arctic Bush Pilot" by Andy and Jim Rearden for his story of those 20 years flying the bush. Bettles PABT is the gravel strip and due to the limitations of FS2004 AI the float base on the adjacent river has to be separately named PABX. Bettles village (old Bettles) used to be 2 miles southwest of the field, but has now slowly relocated close to the strip. There is a traffic file for wheeled and float plane traffic, and you will need Ultimate Terrain Alaska Canada. By Roger Wensley.