Pelican Seaplane Base

Pelican Seaplane Base
IATA: PEC – ICAO: none – FAA LID: PEC
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Pelican
Serves Pelican, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates
Map
PEC
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
NW/SE 10,000 3,048 Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 350
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Pelican Seaplane Base (IATA: PEC, FAA LID: PEC) is a public-use seaplane base located in and owned by the City of Pelican,[1] on Chichagof Island in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[2] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 744 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 550 enplanements in 2009, and 652 in 2010.[4]

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Facilities and aircraft

Pelican Seaplane Base has one runway designated NW/SE which measures 10,000 by 2,000 feet (3,048 x 610 m).[1] For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 350 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per month: 86% air taxi and 14% general aviation.[1]

Airline and destination

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Airlines Destinations
Alaska Seaplane Services Juneau[5]
Carrier shares for August 2010 - July 2011[6]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Alaska
1,410(100%)
Top domestic destinations
(August 2010 - July 2011)[6]
Rank City Airport Passengers
1 Juneau, AK JNU 1,000
2 Elfin Cove, AK ELV <1,000
3 Hoonah, AK HNH <1,000

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for PEC (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf. 
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008 (PDF, 1.0 MB)". CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 18 December 2009. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf. 
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010 (PDF, 5.4 MB)". CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2011. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf. 
  5. ^ "Flight Schedule". Alaska Seaplane Services, LLC. http://flyalaskaseaplanes.com/schedule.html. Retrieved 27 October 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "Pelican, AK: Pelican Sea Plane Base (PEC)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. July 2011. http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=PEC&End_YearMonth=24139. 

References

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket 11586) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2011-3-11: reselecting Alaska Seaplane Service, LLC, to provide essential air service (EAS) at Elfin Cove and Pelican, Alaska, at annual subsidy rates of $75,391 at Elfin Cove and $185,721 at Pelican, from June 1, 2011, through January 31, 2015.
    • Order 2007-9-7: granting the Petition for Reconsideration of Alaska Seaplane Service, LLC (Alaska Seaplane), and extending its subsidized essential air service (EAS) term at Elfin Cove and Pelican, Alaska, to a four-year term, through May 31, 2011.
    • Order 2005-5-3: selecting Alaska Seaplane Service to provide essential air service (EAS) to Pelican and Elfin Cove, Alaska, and establishing a subsidy rate of $216,593 per year.
    • Order 2003-1-27: selecting Alaska Seaplane Service, LLC (Alaska Seaplane), to provide subsided essential air service at Elfin Cove and Pelican, Alaska, at an annual subsidy rate of $177,681 for a two-year term from February 1, 2003, through January 31, 2005.

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