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68A Wrangell Seaplane Base
Wrangell, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 68A
Lat/Long: 56-27-58.7700N / 132-22-48.0650W
56-27.979500N / 132-22.801083W
56.4663250 / -132.3800181
(estimated)
Elevation: 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation: 27E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 99929

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public
Activation date: 07/1947
Sectional chart: JUNEAU
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: SITKA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-966-2221]
Alternate FSS: JNU JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-800-WX-BRIEF]
NOTAMs facility: SIT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no
International operations: international airport of entry

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.6
WX AWOS-3 at WRG (1.1 nm N): 128.5 (907-874-2458)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LVDr062/23.3LEVEL ISLAND VOR/DME116.5028E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SUMNER STRAIT062/23.852928ESQM ... --.- --
FREDERICKS POINT115/24.437228EFPN ..-. .--. -.

Seaplane Base Services

Fuel available: FUEL AVBL IN CITY.
Airframe service: MINOR
SERVICE AVBL AT AIRPORT.
Powerplant service: MINOR
SERVICE AVBL AT AIRPORT.
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway NW/SE

Dimensions: 9000 x 360 ft. / 2743 x 110 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY NW  RUNWAY SE
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF WRANGELL
P.O. BOX 531
WRANGELL, AK 99929
Manager: HARBOR MASTER
BOX 531
WRANGELL, AK 99929
Phone 907-874-3736

Seaplane Base Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 2
Single engine airplanes: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 38/week *
50% air taxi
25% transient general aviation
25% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 06 December 1989

Additional Remarks

FLASHING LGT END OF BREAKWATER.
BE ALERT FOR HEAVY BOAT TFC IN HARBOR; DO NOT LAND IN HARBOR.
BOATS MAY BE TIED TO SPB DOCK/FLOAT RAMP.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 68A.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAWG - Wrangell Airport (1 nm N)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (27 nm NW)
PAKW - Klawock Airport (58 nm SW)
PAFE - Kake Airport (58 nm NW)
PAKT - Ketchikan International Airport (70 nm S)
 
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From to 68A

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight03:4611:46
Sunrise04:3612:36
Sunset20:5504:55
Evening civil twilight21:4605:46

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-May-2008 18:19:34
Local (UTC-8)  13-May-2008 10:19:34
 
METAR
PAWG 131756Z 00000KT 10SM FEW035 BKN045 BKN060 07/03 A2989 RMK AO1 WEA
TAF
PAWG 131742Z 131818 31005KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 OVC040 FM2000 33007KT P6SM BKN050 FM0300 12005KT P6SM SCT040 BKN090 FM0700 11009KT P6SM BKN040 OVC060 FM1100 11014KT P6SM BKN040 OVC060 PROB30 1115 -RA BKN025 FM1500 11015G25KT P6SM -RA SCT025 OVC040 FM1700 110

 
 

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ALASKAN SOURDOUGH LODGE 0.1 114

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