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AL96 Bon Secour Seaplane Base
Gulf Shores, Alabama, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009

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 05-Jul-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:2810:28
Sunrise05:5510:55
Sunset19:5600:56
Evening civil twilight20:2301:23

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Jul-2009 21:13:12
Local (UTC-5)  05-Jul-2009 16:13:12
 
METAR
KJKA 
4nm E 
052100Z AUTO 23011G16KT 10SM CLR 35/23 A2989 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S T03470225
TAF
KBFM 
25nm NW 
051732Z 0518/0618 23007KT P6SM SCT035 BKN250 FM052100 23009KT P6SM VCTS BKN025CB TEMPO 0521/0524 VRB17G33KT 1SM +TSRA BKN015CB FM060100 22006KT P6SM SCT070 BKN150 FM060900 25004KT P6SM BKN250 PROB30 0609/0612 4SM -TSRA SCT030 BKN050CB FM061500 25011K

 
 

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 ($)
ROMAR PLACE BY SUGAR SANDS 1.9 
LANI KAI BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 1.9 1048-1049
WINDWARD POINTE BY SUGAR SANDS 1.9 407-408
SEA OATS BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 1.9 149-150
OCEAN REEF BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 2.0 119-168
COUNTRY HEARTH INNS GULF SHORE 3.4 120-121
CRYSTAL SHORES WEST BY YOUNGS 3.4 
GRAND CARIBBEAN BY YOUNGS SUN 3.4 
SUMMERCHASE BY YOUNGS SC 3.4 
SEACREST BY YOUNGS SUN COAST 3.4 
MICROTEL INN GULF SHORES 3.4 54-90
COURTYARD GULF SHORES 3.4 84-179
DUNES BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 3.7 1047-1048
GULF SHORES PLANTATION BY MEYER 3.7 241-1033
INDIES BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 3.7 1047-1052
DRIFTWOOD TOWERS BY MEYER REAL 3.7 999-1000
EDGEWATER WEST BY MEYER REAL E 3.7 191-192
EDGEWATER BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 3.7 1057-1058
COMPASS POINT BY MEYER REAL ES 3.7 1040-1053
BEACH CLUB BY MEYER REAL ESTATE 3.7 241-242
PLANTATION PALMS BY MEYER RE 3.7 1040-1047

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

40 in Gulf Shores
7 in Foley
1 in Orange Beach, FL
33 in Orange Beach
 

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