Chignik Bay Seaplane Base

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Chignik Bay Seaplane Base
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPublic domain
Serves Chignik, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates 56°17′44″N158°24′05″W / 56.29556°N 158.40139°W / 56.29556; -158.40139
Map
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Z78
Location of airport in Alaska
Chignik Bay Seaplane Base
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
E/W6,0001,829Water
NE/SW10,0003,048Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations210

Chignik Bay Seaplane Base( IATA : KBW, FAA LID : Z78) is a public-use seaplane base serving Chignik, [1] a city in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Facilities and aircraft

Chignik Bay Seaplane Base has two seaplane landing areas: the E/W waterway is 6,000 by 4,000 feet (1,829 x 1,219 m) and the NE/SW waterway is 10,000 by 4,000 feet (3,048 x 1,219 m). The beach is used for aircraft pull-up. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 210 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per month: 95% general aviation and 5% air taxi. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for Z78 PDF , effective 2009-08-27.