Olga Bay Seaplane Base

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Olga Bay Seaplane Base
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAlaska Packers Association
Serves Olga Bay, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates 57°09′41″N154°13′47″W / 57.16139°N 154.22972°W / 57.16139; -154.22972
Map
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KOY
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
ALL/WAY10,0003,048Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations52

Olga Bay Seaplane Base( IATA : KOY [2] , FAA LID : KOY [3] ) is a public use seaplane base located in Olga Bay, in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] It is privately owned by the Alaska Packers Association. [1]

Contents

Scheduled passenger service to Kodiak, Alaska, is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.

Facilities and aircraft

Olga Bay Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated ALL/WAY with a water surface measuring 10,000 by 1,000 feet (3,048 x 305 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 52 air taxi aircraft operations, an average of 4 per month. [1]

Airline and destinations

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
Island Air Service Alitak, Kodiak, Moser Bay [4]

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2013 [5]
Carrier  Passengers (arriving and departing)
Island
60(100%)
Top domestic destinations: Jan. – Dec. 2013 [5]
RankCityAirport name & IATA codePassengers
20132012
1 Kodiak, AK Kodiak Airport (ADQ) 2010

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for KOY PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "IATA Airport Code Search (KOY: Olga Bay / Sea Plane Base)". International Air Transport Association . Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  3. "Airport information for KOY". Federal Aviation Administration . Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  4. "Summer Float Schedule: Effective May 28, 2012 - September 22, 2012". Island Air Service. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Olga Bay, AK: Olga Bay Seaplane Base (KOY)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2014.

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