Bethel Seaplane Base | |||
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IATA: JBT – ICAO: none – FAA LID: Z59 | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public | ||
Owner | Public Domain | ||
Serves | Bethel, Alaska | ||
Elevation AMSL | 15 ft / 5 m | ||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
NE/SW | 3,000 | 914 | Water |
Statistics | |||
Based aircraft | 15 | ||
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Bethel Seaplane Base (IATA: JBT[2], FAA LID: Z59) is a public use seaplane base located on the Kuskokwim River in Bethel,[1] a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
The state-owned Bethel Airport is located three nautical miles (5 km) west of this seaplane base.[3] Five nautical miles (9 km) to the south, also on the Kuskokwim River, is the Napaskiak Airport.[4]
Bethel Seaplane Base has one waterway designated NE/SW which measures 3,000 by 500 feet (914 x 152 m). The facility is unattended. There are 15 single-engine aircraft based at this airport.[1]