Bethel Seaplane Base

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Bethel Seaplane Base
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPublic Domain
Serves Bethel, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 60°46′55″N161°44′35″W / 60.78194°N 161.74306°W / 60.78194; -161.74306
Map
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JBT
Location of airport in Alaska
Bethel Seaplane Base
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
NE/SW3,000914Water
Statistics
Based aircraft15

Bethel Seaplane Base( IATA : JBT [2] , FAA LID : Z59) is a public use seaplane base located on the Kuskokwim River in Bethel, [1] a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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The state-owned Bethel Airport is located three nautical miles (5 km) west of this seaplane base. [3] Five nautical miles (9 km) to the south, also on the Kuskokwim River, is the Napaskiak Airport. [4]

Facilities

Bethel Seaplane Base has one waterway designated NE/SW which measures 3,000 by 500 feet (914 x 152 m). The facility is unattended. There are 15 single-engine aircraft based at this airport. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for Z59 PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 22 October 2009.
  2. ↑ Airport information for JBT at Great Circle Mapper. . Accessed 21 November 2009.
  3. ↑ Distance and heading from Bethel Seaplane Base (JBT) to Bethel Airport (BET). Great Circle Mapper. Accessed 21 November 2009.
  4. ↑ Distance and heading from Bethel Seaplane Base (JBT) to Napaskiak Airport (PKA). Great Circle Mapper. Accessed 21 November 2009.


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