Port Alexander Seaplane Base

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Port Alexander Seaplane Base
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
Serves Port Alexander, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates 56°14′49″N134°38′53″W / 56.24694°N 134.64806°W / 56.24694; -134.64806
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Location of airport in Alaska
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ftm
N/S3,000914Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations325

Port Alexander Seaplane Base( IATA : PTD, ICAO : PAAP, FAA LID : AHP) is a city owned, public use seaplane base located in Port Alexander, [1] a city at the southeastern corner of Baranof Island in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. [2]

Contents

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 139 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, [3] 189 enplanements in 2009, and 146 in 2010. [4] Scheduled airline passenger service is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Port Alexander is assigned AHP by the FAA [1] and PTD by the IATA. [5] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAAP. [6]

Facilities and aircraft

Port Alexander Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated N/S which measures 3,000 by 300 feet (914 x 91 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 airline offers scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
Baranautica Air Service Sitka Seaplane Base [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for AHP PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. ↑ "PTD / PAAP - Port Alexander, Alaska (Port Alexander SPB)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Order 2021-9-13". U.S. Department of Transportation. September 23, 2021.

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