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AL96 Bon Secour Seaplane Base
Gulf Shores, Alabama, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: AL96
Lat/Long: 30-17-54.0000N / 087-44-27.0000W
30-17.900000N / 087-44.450000W
30.2983333 / -87.7408333
(estimated)
Elevation: 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
From city: 3 miles E of GULF SHORES, AL
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 36511

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 12/2006
Sectional chart: NEW ORLEANS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: JACKSONVILLE CENTER
FSS: ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

WX AWOS-3 at JKA (4 nm E): 134.525 (251-968-7581)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
NUNr243/(23.4)SAUFLEY VOR108.8001E
BFMr135/24.9BROOKLEY VORTAC112.8004E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SUMMERDALE183/12.120401EESU . ... ..-
PICKENS253/30.332601EPKZ .--. -.- --..

Seaplane Base Services

Runway Information

Runway 5W/23W

Dimensions: 3000 x 300 ft. / 914 x 91 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY 5W  RUNWAY 23W
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: DAVID M. WALTER
P.O. BOX 998
ORANGE BEACH, AL 36561
Phone 251-979-2200
Manager: DAVID M. WALTER
P.O. BOX 998
ORAGNE BEACH, AL 36561
Phone 251-979-2200

Additional Remarks

100 FT TWR 2000 FT SW AND 200 FT TWR 4000 FT NE OF SEAPLANE BASE.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at AL96.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KJKA - Jack Edwards Airport (4 nm E)
5R4 - Foley Municipal Airport (8 nm N)
4R4 - H L Sonny Callahan Airport (12 nm NW)
KNPA - Pensacola Naval Air Station (Forrest Sherman Field) (22 nm E)
KBFM - Mobile Downtown Airport (26 nm NW)
 
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Area around AL96 (Bon Secour Seaplane Base)
 
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From to AL96

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 12-Oct-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2911:29
Sunrise06:5311:53
Sunset18:2223:22
Evening civil twilight18:4623:46

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  12-Oct-2008 21:18:35
Local (UTC-5)  12-Oct-2008 16:18:35
 
METAR
KJKA 
4nm E 
122100Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM SCT028 SCT038 25/19 A3009 RMK AO2
TAF
KNPA 
22nm E 
121515 05012G20KT 9999 FEW010 BKN020 QNH3002INS TEMPO 1622 BKN010 OVC020 BECMG 2200 9999 VCSH SCT020 BKN035 BKN060 QNH3000INS TEMPO 0005 8000 -SHRA BR SCT005 BKN020 OVC035 TEMPO 0509 8000 -SHRA BR SCT005 BKN020 OVC035 BECMG 1012 08013G23KT BKN015 OVC
KBFM 
25nm NW 
121730Z 121818 06010KT P6SM SCT025 BKN045 FM0200 07010KT P6SM BKN030 FM0600 08007KT 5SM BR BKN015 PROB30 0612 3SM -DZ BR BKN008 FM1400 08012KT P6SM SCT010 BKN025

 
 

Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Bon Secour Seaplane Base. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Bon Secour Seaplane Base, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Bon Secour Seaplane Base

Miles Price ($)
WINDWARD POINTE BY SUGAR SANDS 1.9 
ROMAR PLACE BY SUGAR SANDS 1.9 
SEA OATS BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 1.9 
LANI KAI BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 1.9 
OCEAN REEF BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 2.0 
COUNTRY HEARTH INNS GULF SHORE 3.4 
MICROTEL INN GULF SHORES 3.4 75-110
COURTYARD GULF SHORES 3.4 84-728
COMFORT INN STES GULF SHORES 3.5 63-160
DUNES BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 3.7 143-176
EDGEWATER BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 3.7 
GULF SHORES PLANTATION BY MEYER 3.7 130-198
INDIES BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 3.7 164-198
COMPASS POINT BY MEYER REAL ES 3.7 
GRAND BEACH RESORT BY MEYER 3.7 200-263
BEACH CLUB BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 3.7 200-201
PLANTATION PALMS BY MEYER RE 3.7 170-203
DRIFTWOOD TOWERS BY MEYER REAL 3.7 
EDGEWATER WEST BY MEYER REAL E 3.7 
CLEARWATER BY MEYER REAL ESTAT 3.7 
LA QUINTA INN GULF SHORES 3.8 70-179

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Bon Secour Seaplane Base

36 in Gulf Shores
7 in Foley
1 in Orange Beach, FL
33 in Orange Beach
1 in Pensacola
 

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