Tenakee Seaplane Base

Tenakee Seaplane Base
IATA: TKE – ICAO: none – FAA LID: TKE
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
Serves Tenakee Springs, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates
Map
TKE
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
E/W 10,000 3,048 Water
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 76 23 Wood
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 650
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Tenakee Seaplane Base (IATA: TKE, FAA LID: TKE) is a state-owned public-use seaplane base located in Tenakee Springs,[1] a city 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.

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[2] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 639 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 617 enplanements in 2009, and 645 in 2010.[4]

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Facilities and aircraft

Tenakee Seaplane Base has a seaplane landing area designated E/W which measures 10,000 by 7,000 feet (3,048 x 2,134 m). It also has a helipad designated H1 with a wood surface measuring 76 by 66 feet (23 x 20 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, it had 650 aircraft operations, an average of 54 per month: 77% air taxi and 23% 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
1,190(100%)
Top 10 domestic destinations
(August 2010 - July 2011)[6]
Rank City Airport Passengers
1 Juneau, AK JNU 1,000
2 Angoon, AK AGN <1,000

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for TKE (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 "Tenakee, AK: Tenakee Airport (TKE)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. July 2011. http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=TKE&End_YearMonth=24139. 

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