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.