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96Z North Whale Seaplane Base
North Whale Pass, Alaska, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 96Z
Lat/Long: 56-06-58.7180N / 133-07-18.1750W
56-06.978633N / 133-07.302917W
56.1163106 / -133.1217153
(estimated)
Elevation: 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation: 26E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public
Activation date: 05/1965
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: no
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LVDr155/21.1LEVEL ISLAND VOR/DME116.5028E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SUMNER STRAIT154/20.952928ESQM ... --.- --
KLAWOCK334/32.9524EAKW .- -.- .--

Seaplane Base Services

Parking: hangars
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway NW/SE

Dimensions: 10000 x 1000 ft. / 3048 x 305 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY NW  RUNWAY SE
Elevation: 0.0 ft.0.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: nonenone
Runway end identifier lights: nono

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: ST OF AK DOTPF/SE REGION
6860 GLACIER HWY
JUNEAU, AK 99901-7999
Phone 907-465-1786
Manager: IRENE GALLION
P.O. BOX 112506
JUNEAU, AK 99811
Phone 907-465-1786

Seaplane Base Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: avg 29/month *
86% air taxi
14% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2006

Additional Remarks

LOGS IN LNDG AREA, USE CAUTION.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 96Z.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAKW - Klawock Airport (32 nm S)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (33 nm NE)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (42 nm N)
PAFE - Kake Airport (57 nm NW)
PAKT - Ketchikan International Airport (66 nm SE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 10-Dec-2009
 Local
(UTC-9)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:2716:27
Sunrise08:1417:14
Sunset15:1600:16
Evening civil twilight16:0301:03

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  11-Dec-2009 00:40:34
Local (UTC-9)  10-Dec-2009 15:40:34
 
METAR
PAKW 
32nm S 
110021Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT025 OVC030 01/00 A3002 RMK AO2 TSNO
PAWG 
33nm NE 
110016Z 32006KT 10SM SCT012 OVC022 M03/M05 A3004 RMK AO1 WEA
PAPG 
42nm N 
110016Z 00000KT 10SM FEW016 OVC026 M02/M02 A3003 RMK AO1 WEA
TAF
PAWG 
33nm NE 
102320Z 1100/1124 30004KT P6SM BKN010 OVC022 FM110200 00000KT 5SM -SN BR BKN007 OVC010 FM111700 08006KT 5SM -RASN OVC015 FM112200 VRB04KT P6SM SCT010 BKN030 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND

 
 

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