Lake Brooks Seaplane Base

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Lake Brooks Seaplane Base
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner U.S. Department of the Interior
Serves Katmai National Park, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
Elevation  AMSL 36 ft / 11 m
Coordinates 58°33′17″N155°46′39″W / 58.55472°N 155.77750°W / 58.55472; -155.77750
Map
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BKF
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
ALL/WAY5,0001,524Water
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations1,900
Based aircraft0
Passengers10,218
Freight236,000 lbs
Lake Brooks Seaplane Base on Naknek Lake, Brooks Camp, Brooks River and Lake Brooks (lower left to upper right) Brooks River, Brooks Camp and Lake Brooks Seaplane Base.jpg
Lake Brooks Seaplane Base on Naknek Lake, Brooks Camp, Brooks River and Lake Brooks (lower left to upper right)

Lake Brooks Seaplane Base( IATA : BKF, FAA LID : 5Z9) is a public-use seaplane base located near Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the U.S. Department of the Interior. [1]

Contents

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 4,295 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, an increase of 86% from the 2,304 enplanements in 2006. [2]

Facilities

Lake Brooks Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area measuring 5,000 by 4,000 feet (1,524 x 1,219 m) [1] on Naknek Lake.

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2015 [3]
Carrier  Passengers (arriving and departing)
Katmai Air
10,218(100.00%)
Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015 [3]
RankCityAirportPassengers
1 Flag of Alaska.svg King Salmon, AK King Salmon Airport 5,120

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References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 5Z9 PDF , effective 2008-07-31.
  2. 1 2 Preliminary CY 2007 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 2008-07-17.
  3. 1 2 "Brooks Camp, AK: Lake Brooks (BKF)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017.