Port Williams Seaplane Base

Port Williams Seaplane Base
IATA: KPR – ICAO: none – FAA LID: KPR
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Washington Fish & Oyster
Serves Port Williams, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
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 Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] 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.

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Facilities and aircraft

Port Williams Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated E/W which measures 10,000 by 4,000 feet (3,048 x 1,219 m) with a water surface.[1]

Airline and destinations

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for KPR (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
  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
  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 6945) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2009-4-23: re-selecting Redemption, Inc., d/b/a Island Air Service, to provide essential air service at Alitak, Amook Bay, Kitoi Bay, Moser Bay, Olga Bay, Port Bailey, Port Williams, Seal Bay, West Point, Uganik, and Zachar Bay (Kodiak 11), Alaska, at a combined annual subsidy rate of $143,061 through October 31, 2011.
    • 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), at subsidy rates of $152,534 annually, and at Karluk, Alaska, for $29,481 annually, through June 30, 2009.
    • 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), at the annual subsidy rate of $149,595 per year for the two-year period beginning with its inauguration of service.

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