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


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012

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: yes
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: tiedowns
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: TIM LACOUR
P.O. BOX 91
CRAIG, AK 99921-0091
Phone 907-755-2229

Seaplane Base Operational Statistics

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

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 11-Feb-2012
 Local
(UTC-9)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4815:48
Sunrise07:2816:28
Sunset16:4601:46
Evening civil twilight17:2502:25

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  11-Feb-2012 21:27:47
Local (UTC-9)  11-Feb-2012 12:27:47
 
METAR
PAKW 
32nm S 
112053Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM SCT032 OVC080 06/02 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP102 T00560022 58016 TSNO
PAWG 
33nm NE 
112056Z 09009G14KT 10SM SCT045 BKN070 05/M01 A2990 RMK AO1 WEA
PAPG 
42nm N 
112056Z 04004KT 10SM SCT070 BKN090 09/M02 A2985 RMK AO1 WEA
TAF
PAWG 
33nm NE 
111739Z 1118/1218 11005KT P6SM VCFG SCT100 FM112200 11012KT P6SM SCT030 OVC060 FM120300 12015G25KT P6SM -RA SCT025 OVC035 FM120900 11010KT 5SM -RA BR BKN025 OVC035 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND 0700/1600
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