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BNF Warm Spring Bay Seaplane Base
Baranof, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: BNF
Lat/Long: 57-05-19.7730N / 134-49-59.3090W
57-05.329550N / 134-49.988483W
57.0888258 / -134.8331414
(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: 12/1950
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/UNICOM: 122.8
WX ASOS at SIT (17 nm W): 135.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BKAr032/27.2BIORKA ISLAND VORTAC113.8028E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
MOUNT EDGECUMBE059/17.641423EIME .. -- .
SITKA036/26.935823ESIT ... .. -
KAKE258/31.0126EAFE .- ..-. .

Seaplane Base Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway E/W

Dimensions: 10000 x 1000 ft. / 3048 x 305 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY E  RUNWAY W
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: STATE OF AK DOTPF-SE-REG
JUNEAU AK 99801-7889
ANCHORAGE, AK 99519-6900
Phone 907-465-1785
Manager: DENNIS LYBARGER
6860 GLACIER HWY
JUNEAU, AK 99801-7999
Phone 907-789-0841

Seaplane Base Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: 200/year *
75% transient general aviation
25% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 15 May 1980

Additional Remarks

E137-2 STRONG CURRENT IN VICINITY OF FLOAT.
OPERG AREA IN WARM SPRINGS BAY; STRONG CURRENT FM WATERFALL IN VICINITY OF FLOAT.
BOATS MAY BE TIED TO SPB DOCK/FLOAT RAMP.
HIGH TERRAIN SURROUNDING LANDING ZONE.
OCCASIONAL TURBULENT WIND & WIND SHEAR AT LOW ELEVATION.
GANGWAY PROVIDES LANDSIDE ACCESS APRIL THRU NOVEMBER.
(137-2) STRONG CURRENT FROM WATERFALL IN VICINITY OF FLOAT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at BNF.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PASI - Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (17 nm W)
PAFE - Kake Airport (31 nm E)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (64 nm E)
PAJN - Juneau International Airport (76 nm N)
PAGS - Gustavus Airport (85 nm N)
 
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From to BNF

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight03:5011:50
Sunrise04:4312:43
Sunset21:0905:09
Evening civil twilight22:0106:01

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-May-2008 20:28:17
Local (UTC-8)  13-May-2008 12:28:17
 
METAR
PASI 
17nm W 
132024Z 14003KT 10SM BKN036 BKN046 06/03 A2987 RMK AO2 RAE21 P0002
PAGN 
26nm N 
131956Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW020 SCT035 BKN042 07/03 A2986 RMK AO2 TSNO T00720033 SLP115 $
PAFE 
30nm E 
132016Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM OVC065 08/02 A2990 RMK AO1 PNO
TAF
PASI 
17nm W 
131742Z 131818 08006KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 OVC040 TEMPO 1820 -SHRA BKN025 FM2000 18006KT P6SM VCSH SCT050 BKN090 FM0100 17006KT P6SM BKN090 FM0700 11010KT P6SM OVC050 FM1000 12012G24KT P6SM -RA SCT015 OVC035 FM1400 12020G33KT 5SM RA BR BKN015 OVC025 WS0

 
 

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