Alitak Seaplane Base

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Alitak Seaplane Base
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerColumbia Ward Fisheries
Serves Lazy Bay, Alaska
Location Alitak
Elevation  AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates 56°53′58″N154°14′52″W / 56.89944°N 154.24778°W / 56.89944; -154.24778
Map
USA Alaska location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
ALZ
Location of airport in Alaska
Alitak Seaplane Base
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
NE/SW10,0003,048Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations50

Alitak Seaplane Base( IATA : ALZ [2] , FAA LID : ALZ [3] ) is a public use seaplane base located in Alitak, Lazy Bay, in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] It is privately owned by Columbia Ward Fisheries. [1]

Contents

Scheduled passenger service to Kodiak, Alaska, is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.

Facilities and aircraft

Alitak Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated NE/SW with a water surface measuring 10,000 by 1,000 feet (3,048 x 305 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 50 air taxi aircraft operations, an average of 4 per month. [1]

Airline and destinations

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
Island Air Service Kodiak, Moser Bay, Olga Bay [4]

Statistics

Carrier shares: August 2019 - July 2020 [5]
Carrier  Passengers (arriving and departing)
Island
170(100%)
Top domestic destinations: August 2019 - July 2020 [5]
RankCityAirport name & IATA codePassengers
2020
1 Kodiak, AK Kodiak Airport (ADQ) 40

Climate

Climate data for Lazy Bay, Alaska
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °F (°C)49
(9)
47
(8)
47
(8)
53
(12)
66
(19)
72
(22)
79
(26)
71
(22)
70
(21)
58
(14)
50
(10)
47
(8)
79
(26)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)36.5
(2.5)
37.3
(2.9)
34.8
(1.6)
40.9
(4.9)
49.7
(9.8)
55.9
(13.3)
59.3
(15.2)
59.3
(15.2)
55.2
(12.9)
46.2
(7.9)
39.4
(4.1)
35.9
(2.2)
45.9
(7.7)
Daily mean °F (°C)30.8
(−0.7)
31.9
(−0.1)
28.2
(−2.1)
34.7
(1.5)
43.5
(6.4)
49.3
(9.6)
53.5
(11.9)
53.2
(11.8)
49.4
(9.7)
40.7
(4.8)
34.6
(1.4)
31.6
(−0.2)
40.1
(4.5)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)25.0
(−3.9)
26.4
(−3.1)
21.6
(−5.8)
28.5
(−1.9)
37.3
(2.9)
42.6
(5.9)
47.6
(8.7)
47.0
(8.3)
43.6
(6.4)
35.1
(1.7)
29.8
(−1.2)
27.3
(−2.6)
34.3
(1.3)
Record low °F (°C)−3
(−19)
6
(−14)
4
(−16)
17
(−8)
26
(−3)
31
(−1)
37
(3)
36
(2)
35
(2)
18
(−8)
2
(−17)
1
(−17)
−3
(−19)
Average precipitation inches (mm)3.83
(97)
3.00
(76)
2.37
(60)
3.53
(90)
2.49
(63)
1.93
(49)
3.41
(87)
5.13
(130)
4.84
(123)
4.28
(109)
5.70
(145)
4.79
(122)
45.3
(1,151)
Average snowfall inches (cm)4.3
(11)
4.0
(10)
7.4
(19)
1.5
(3.8)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.8
(2.0)
2.2
(5.6)
4.9
(12)
25.1
(63.4)
Source: WRCC [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for ALZ PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "IATA Airport Code Search (ALZ: Alitak / Sea Plane Base)". International Air Transport Association . Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  3. "Airport information for ALZ". Federal Aviation Administration . Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  4. "Summer Float Schedule: Effective May 28, 2012 - September 22, 2012". Island Air Service. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Lazy Bay, AK: Alitak Seaplane Base (ALZ)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  6. Lazy Bay, Alaska - Period of Record : 5/20/1954 to 12/31/1963 Archived 2017-05-25 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved November 15, 2019.

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