Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base
Encyclopedia
Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base is located in the harbor of Ketchikan
, a city in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough
of the U.S. state
of Alaska
.
As per Federal Aviation Administration
records, this seaplane base had 37,252 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year
2005 and 29,878 enplanements (5,365 scheduled and 24,513 unscheduled) in 2006.
landing area designated NW/SE which measures 10,000 x 1,500 ft. (3,048 x 457 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 10,450 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day. At that time there were 51 aircraft based at this airport.
Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the southeasternmost sizable city in that state. With an estimated population of 7,368 in 2010 within the city limits, it is the fifth most populous city in the state....
, a city in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
As of the census of 2000, there were 14,070 people, 5,399 households, and 3,633 families residing in the borough. The population density was 11 people per square mile . There were 6,218 housing units at an average density of 5 per square mile...
of the U.S. state
U.S. state
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of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
.
As per Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
records, this seaplane base had 37,252 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year
Calendar year
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2005 and 29,878 enplanements (5,365 scheduled and 24,513 unscheduled) in 2006.
Facilities and aircraft
Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base has one seaplaneSeaplane
A seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibian aircraft...
landing area designated NW/SE which measures 10,000 x 1,500 ft. (3,048 x 457 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 10,450 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day. At that time there were 51 aircraft based at this airport.
Airlines and scheduled destinations
Top Destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Craig, AKCraig Seaplane Base Craig Seaplane Base is located in Craig, a city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 6,300 passenger boardings in calendar year 2007, an increase of 150% from the 2,517 enplanements in 2006.-... |
4,000 | Taquan |
| 2 | Metlakatla, AK Metlakatla Seaplane Base Metlakatla Seaplane Base is a state-owned public-use seaplane base located in Metlakatla on Annette Island in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.- Facilities and aircraft :... |
3,000 | Taquan |
| 3 | Thorne Bay, AK Thorne Bay Seaplane Base Thorne Bay Seaplane Base is a state-owned public-use seaplane base serving Thorne Bay, in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.- Facilities and aircraft :... |
2,000 | Taquan |
| 4 | Hollis, AK Hollis Seaplane Base Hollis Seaplane Base is a state-owned public-use seaplane base located in Hollis, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.... |
2,000 | Taquan |
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIFGIFThe Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
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