Port Williams Seaplane Base

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Port Williams Seaplane Base
IATA: KPR – ICAO: none – FAA: KPR
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Washington Fish & Oyster
Serves Port Williams, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates 58°29′24″N 152°34′56″W / 58.49, -152.58222
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
E/W 10,000 3,048 Water
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Port Williams Seaplane Base (IATA: KPR, FAA LID: KPR) is a public-use seaplane base located in Port Williams (also known as Port William[2]) in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by Washington Fish & Oyster[1], which is now known as Ocean Beauty Seafoods.[3]

Port William is located on the southern tip of Shuyak Island, facing Afognak Island, about 45 miles north of Kodiak.[2] Scheduled seaplane service to Kodiak is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

[edit] Airline and destination

  • Island Air Service (Kodiak)[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Master Record for KPR (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
  2. ^ a b Port William community overview at Alaska Division of Community Advocacy
  3. ^ Ocean Beauty Seafoods: History, official site
  4. ^ Island Air Service: Summer Float Schedule

[edit] External links

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 6945) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2007-5-18: Selecting Redemption, Inc., d/b/a Island Air Service, to provide essential air service (EAS) at Alitak, Amook Bay, Kitoi Bay, Moser Bay, Olga Bay, Port Bailey, Port Williams, Seal Bay, Uganik, West Point, Zachar Bay, Alaska (Kodiak 11), and at Karluk, Alaska, through June 30, 2009
    • Order 2007-2-18: Requesting proposals to providing EAS at eleven Kodiak Island communities: Alitak, Amook Bay, Kitoi Bay, Moser Bay, Olga Bay, Port Bailey, Port Williams, Seal Bay, Uganik, West Point, and Zachar Bay, Alaska, for a new two-year period beginning May 1, 2007
    • Order 2005-3-4: Selecting Servant Air, Inc. to provide essential air service at Amook Bay, Kitoi Bay, Moser Bay, Olga Bay, Port Bailey, Port William, Seal Bay, West Point, and Zachar Bay, Alaska (Kodiak Bush) for a two-year period ending April 30, 2007


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