FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009
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 -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 99506 |
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 |
| WX AWOS-3 at FRN (17 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 |
| BGQr130/4.0 | | BIG LAKE VORTAC | | 112.50 | | 25E |
| ANCr357/23.1 | | ANCHORAGE VOR/DME | | 114.30 | | 25E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
| CAMPBELL LAKE | | 350/20.7 | | 338 | | 21E | | CMQ | -.-. -- --.- |
| BRUCK | | 360/21.9 | | 387 | | 21E | | 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 |
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 04-Jul-2009
| | Local (UTC-8) | | Zulu (UTC) |
| Morning civil twilight | | + | | + |
| Sunrise | | 04:29 | | 12:29 |
| Sunset | | 23:39 | | 07:39 |
| Evening civil twilight | | + | | + |
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| Current date and time |
| Zulu (UTC) | 05-Jul-2009 02:03:51 |
| Local (UTC-8) | 04-Jul-2009 18:03:51 |
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| METAR |
PABV 13nm SE | 050156Z 26005KT 10SM CLR 19/11 A3022 RMK AO1 PNO
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PAUO 15nm N | 042155Z 22007KT 60SM SCT4100 BKN150 21/12 A3023 RMK NOSPECI
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PAED 16nm S | 050155Z 25012KT 10SM FEW060 BKN200 19/10 A3020 RMK AO2A SLP227 T01930099 $
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PAMR 18nm S | 050153Z 27006KT 10SM CLR 20/09 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP228 T02000094 $
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PALH 20nm S | 050153Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP229 T02170100 TSNO
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PANC 21nm S | 050153Z 27006KT 10SM FEW060 OVC200 19/09 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP227 T01940094
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PAAQ 24nm E | 050153Z 00000KT 10SM FEW070 BKN250 23/12 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP221 HZ ALQD T02280122
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