AirNav: 85AK - Marion Seaplane Base

85AK

Marion Seaplane Base
Big Lake, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012

Location

FAA Identifier:	85AK
Lat/Long:	61-30-33.0000N / 149-54-31.0000W 61-30.550000N / 149-54.516667W 61.5091667 / -149.9086111 (estimated)
Elevation:	150 ft. / 46 m (estimated)
From city:	3 miles SW of BIG LAKE, AK
Time zone:	UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code:	99567

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	04/2007
Sectional chart:	ANCHORAGE
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS:	KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [800-478-3576]
Attendance:
Segmented circle:	no

Seaplane Base Communications

WX AWOS-3 at IYS (11 nm E):	135.25 (907-373-3801)
WX AWOS-3 at BCV (13 nm SE):	135.55 (907-688-0826)
WX AWOS-3 at FRN (16 nm SE):	118.525 (907-384-0132)
WX ASOS at MRI (18 nm S):	PHONE 907-272-0542
WX ASOS at LHD (20 nm S):	PHONE 907-245-1618

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
BGQr136/4.0	BIG LAKE VORTAC	112.50	19E
TEDr345/20.5	ANCHORAGE VOR/DME	113.15	19E
ANCr357/23.1	ANCHORAGE VOR/DME	114.30	25E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
CAMPBELL LAKE		352/20.7		338		19E		CMQ	-.-. -- --.-
BRUCK		002/21.9		387		19E		BOB	-... --- -...

Seaplane Base Services

Runway Information

Runway 9W/27W

Dimensions:	3400 x 200 ft. / 1036 x 61 m
Surface:	water
	RUNWAY 9W	RUNWAY 27W
Traffic pattern:	left	left

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:

Privately-owned

Additional Remarks

-	ALL ACFT MONITOR FREQ 122.8.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 85AK.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAGQ - Big Lake Airport (3 nm NE)
PAWS - Wasilla Airport (11 nm E)
PAUO - Willow Airport (15 nm N)
PAED - Elmendorf Air Force Base (16 nm S)
PAMR - Merrill Field Airport (18 nm S)

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Aerial photo

Sectional chart

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 13-Feb-2012

	Local (UTC-9)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	08:03	17:03
Sunrise	08:50	17:50
Sunset	17:38	02:38
Evening civil twilight	18:25	03:25

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	13-Feb-2012 12:13:59
Local (UTC-9)	13-Feb-2012 03:13:59

METAR

PABV 13nm SE	131156Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM SCT090 M03/M08 A2932 RMK AO1 10000 21040 57014 PNO
PAED 16nm S	131155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC060 00/M05 A2932 RMK AO2 SLP931 T00021047 10014 21018 55008 $
PAMR 18nm S	131153Z 25005KT 10SM BKN070 BKN120 M01/M04 A2932 RMK AO2 SLP930 VIRGA S 4/020 T10061039 10011 21011 56010
PALH 20nm S	131153Z 33008KT 10SM OVC070 01/M03 A2934 RMK AO2 SLP935 T00061033 10033 20000 56009
PANC 21nm S	131153Z 31010KT 10SM FEW020 BKN070 BKN120 M01/M03 A2933 RMK AO2 SLP934 VIRGA E-SE 4/041 T10061028 10022 21011 56009
PAAQ 24nm E	131153Z AUTO 11020G32KT 10SM SCT065 BKN085 02/M03 A2936 RMK AO2 PK WND 13036/1134 SLP940 60000 T00221033 10044 20022 58017 TSNO

TAF

PAED
16nm S

1312/1418 27009KT 9999 FEW060 BKN100 QNH2928INS TEMPO 1312/1315 27015G25KT 510003 BECMG 1322/1323 VRB06KT 9999 VCSH FEW025 BKN030 600307 QNH2920INS BECMG 1400/1401 02006KT 9000 -SN BR BKN020 OVC040 620207 QNH2927INS T02/1400Z TM04/1416Z

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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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Hotels near Marion Seaplane Base
	Miles		Price ($)
ALASKA'S ECHO LAKE BED AND BREAKFAST		2.6

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.

Hotels in other cities near Marion Seaplane Base

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Wasilla

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