Metlakatla Seaplane Base

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Metlakatla Seaplane Base
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
Serves Metlakatla, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates 55°07′52″N131°34′41″W / 55.13111°N 131.57806°W / 55.13111; -131.57806
Map
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MTM
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
E/W5,0001,524Water
N/S5,0001,524Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations325

Metlakatla Seaplane Base( IATA : MTM, ICAO : PAMM, FAA LID : MTM) is a state owned, public use seaplane base located in Metlakatla, [1] a community on Annette Island in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Contents

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,344 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, [2] 3,403 enplanements in 2009, and 4,140 in 2010. [3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year). [4]

Facilities and aircraft

Metlakatla Seaplane Base has two seaplane landing areas designated E/W and N/S, each measuring 5,000 by 5,000 feet (1,524 x 1,524 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 325 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per month: 77% air taxi and 23% general aviation. [1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
Pacific Airways Ketchikan [5]
Promech Air Ketchikan [6]
Taquan Air Ketchikan [7]
Carrier shares for January 2011 – December 2011 [8]
Carrier  Passengers (arriving and departing)
Pacific
3,650(53.60%)
PM Air, LLC
2,850(41.88%)
Venture
310(4.53%)
Top domestic destinations (January 2011 – December 2011) [8]
RankCityAirportPassengers
1 Ketchikan, AK Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base (WFB) 3,000

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for MTM PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Flight Schedules: Effective July 1, 2012 through August 15, 2012". Pacific Airways. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Scheduled Flights: Effective July 1 ~ August 20, 2012". Promech Air. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Summer Flight Schedule: Effective May 13 – September 15, 2012". Taquan Air. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Metlakatla, AK: Metlakatala (MTM)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2011.
  9. ↑ Aviation Accident Preliminary Report ANC19FA019 (Report). National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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