Port Williams Seaplane Base
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Port Williams Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane
Seaplane
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...

 base located in Port Williams (also known as Port William), in the Kodiak Island Borough
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
-National protected areas:* Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ** Barren Islands** Semidi Wilderness*** Semidi Islands** Trinity Islands*** Sitkinak Island*** Tugidak Island...

 of the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Alaska
Alaska
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. It is privately owned by Washington Fish & Oyster, which is now known as Ocean Beauty Seafoods. Port William is located on the southern tip of Shuyak Island
Shuyak Island
Shuyak Island is an island in the northern part of the Kodiak Archipelago in the state of Alaska, USA. It is located just north of Afognak Island, separated from it by the narrow Shuyak Strait. The Stevenson Entrance to Cook Inlet separates it from the Barren Islands further north in the archipelago...

, facing Afognak Island, about 45 miles north of Kodiak
Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline...

.

Scheduled seaplane service to Kodiak is subsidized by the Essential Air Service
Essential Air Service
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program.

Facilities and aircraft

Port Williams Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated E/W which measures 10,000 by 4,000 feet (3,048 x 1,219 m) with a water surface.

External links

  • Resources for this airport:
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