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A23 Saginaw Seaplane Base
Saginaw Bay, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 06 AUGUST 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 (907-782-4981)

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 18-Aug-2026
 Local
(UTC-8)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:4812:48
Sunrise05:3213:32
Sunset20:2904:29
Evening civil twilight21:1305:13

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-Aug-2026 11:10:57
Local (UTC-8)  18-Aug-2026 03:10:57
 
METAR
PAFE 
8nm NE 		181056Z AUTO 22003KT 1/4SM FG OVC002 13/13 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP216 T01280128
TAF
PAPG 
39nm E 		180534Z 1806/1906 00000KT P6SM SCT005 OVC015 FM180900 00000KT 6SM BR BKN005 OVC012 TEMPO 1813/1816 BKN003 OVC012 FM181600 VRB03KT P6SM FEW005 BKN015 OVC030 FM182200 08004KT P6SM BKN025 OVC050 FM190300 VRB02KT P6SM BKN050 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND 1806/1815
PASI 
40nm W 		180534Z 1806/1906 33007KT 4SM BR OVC025 FM181000 VRB03KT 4SM BR OVC015 FM181600 25004KT P6SM BKN015 OVC025 FM182300 25006KT P6SM OVC030
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