FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 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 -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 29-Nov-2009
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(UTC-9) | | Zulu
(UTC) |
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| Morning civil twilight | | 08:47 | | 17:47 |
| Sunrise | | 09:45 | | 18:45 |
| Sunset | | 15:51 | | 00:51 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 16:49 | | 01:49 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 30-Nov-2009 08:20:09 |
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| Local (UTC-9) | 29-Nov-2009 23:20:09 |
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| METAR |
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PABV
13nm SE | 300756Z AUTO 07003KT 4SM FEW021 OVC037 M07/M11 A2970 RMK AO1 PNO
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PAUO
15nm N | 292252Z 00000KT 30SM SCT050 BKN070 BKN120 M10/M12 A2935 RMK NOSPECI
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PAED
16nm S | 300755Z 05004KT 6SM -SN BR SCT024 OVC030 M06/M08 A2965 RMK AO2A SLP044 P0000 T10581079 $
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PAMR
18nm S | 300753Z 00000KT 10SM FEW010 OVC034 M05/M07 A2965 RMK AO2 SNE32 SLP044 P0000 T10501072
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PALH
20nm S | 300753Z 00000KT 10SM SCT039 BKN055 OVC095 M03/M07 A2967 RMK AO2 SNE34 SLP047 P0000 T10281067
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PANC
21nm S | 300753Z 19005KT 9SM FEW010 BKN045 OVC060 M04/M07 A2965 RMK AO2 SNE52 SLP043 P0000 T10391067
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PAAQ
24nm E | 300753Z AUTO 35006KT 10SM BKN050 OVC060 M08/M09 A2968 RMK AO2 SLP050 T10781094 TSNO
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