Port Alexander Seaplane Base | |||
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IATA: PTD – ICAO: PAAP – FAA 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: PTD, ICAO: PAAP, FAA 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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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]