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A23 Saginaw Seaplane Base
Saginaw Bay, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 MARCH 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: A23
Lat/Long: 56-53-10.7960N 134-09-30.1960W
56-53.179933N 134-09.503267W
56.8863322,-134.1583878
(estimated)
Elevation: 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation: 27E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 99835

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1962
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: SITKA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-966-2221]
Alternate FSS: JNU JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-297-2236]
NOTAMs facility: SIT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3P at AFE (9 nm NE): 135.25 (907-785-3124)

Seaplane Base Services

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

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: SAGINAW BAY, AK
Manager: SAGINAW BAY, AK

Additional Remarks

- NO FLOAT OR SVCS EXIST. ROCKS & SHALLOW WATER NEAR AREA OF FORMER FLOAT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at A23.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAFE - Kake Airport (9 nm NE)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (40 nm E)
PASI - Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (40 nm W)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (64 nm E)
PAKW - Klawock Airport (86 nm SE)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 04-Apr-2026
 Local
(UTC-8)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:3913:39
Sunrise06:1814:18
Sunset19:4103:41
Evening civil twilight20:2004:20

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Apr-2026 06:02:31
Local (UTC-8)  04-Apr-2026 22:02:31
 
METAR
PAFE 
8nm NE 		050556Z AUTO 07005KT 8SM -RA OVC019 03/03 A3035 RMK AO2 RAE12B46 SLP285 P0001 60025 T00330033 10056 20033 53004
TAF
PAPG 
39nm E 		050537Z 0506/0606 VRB06KT P6SM VCSH SCT012 OVC025 FM051200 VRB03KT P6SM -RA OVC015 FM051800 10006KT 4SM -RA BR OVC015 FM052300 12008KT 2SM -RA BR OVC007 WS020/14035KT AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND 0506/0515
PASI 
40nm W 		050402Z 0504/0524 19008KT P6SM VCSH SCT020 OVC050 TEMPO 0504/0508 19015G25KT 4SM -SHRA BKN025 OVC050 FM051400 07006KT P6SM -RA BKN025 OVC050 FM051700 09008G18KT 5SM -RA BR BKN015 OVC025 WS020/13030KT FM052000 10010G20KT 4SM -RA OVC015 WS020/12040KT
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