Port Alexander Seaplane Base

Port Alexander Seaplane Base
IATA: PTDICAO: PAAPFAA LID: AHP
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
Serves Port Alexander, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
N/S 3,000 914 Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 325
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Port Alexander Seaplane Base (IATA: PTDICAO: PAAPFAA LID: AHP) is a public seaplane base located in Port Alexander,[1] a city at the southeastern corner of Baranof Island in the Petersburg Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled commercial airline service is subsidized by 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.[2] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAAP.[3]

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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]

Airline and destination

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for AHP (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ "PTD / PAAP - Port Alexander, Alaska (Port Alexander SPB)". Great Circle Mapper. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/PTD. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  3. ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/LID/L_G2.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 

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