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KPB Point Baker Seaplane Base
Point Baker, Alaska, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: KPB
Lat/Long: 56-21-06.6950N / 133-37-21.3110W
56-21.111583N / 133-37.355183W
56.3518597 / -133.6225864
(estimated)
Elevation: 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation: 26E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public
Activation date: 03/1961
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: DALGT
Wind indicator: no
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LVDr221/19.2LEVEL ISLAND VOR/DME116.5028E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SUMNER STRAIT221/18.752928ESQM ... --.- --
FREDERICKS POINT197/37.437228EFPN ..-. .--. -.
KAKE144/37.9121EAFE .- ..-. .

Seaplane Base Services

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

Runway Information

Runway N/S

Dimensions: 4000 x 250 ft. / 1219 x 76 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY N  RUNWAY S
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 RGN
6860 GLACIER HWY
JUNEAU, AK 99801-7999
Phone 907-465-1786
Manager: IRENE GALLION
P.O. BOX 112506
JUNEAU, AK 99811-2506
Phone 907-465-1786

Seaplane Base Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: avg 28/month *
91% air taxi
9% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2006

Additional Remarks

REEFS N END.
DOCK & REMAIN OVER NIGHT RAMP.
BOATS MAY BE TIED TO SPB DOCK/FLOAT RAMP.
SEAPLANE FLOAT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT 22000 LBS MAX GWT HELICOPTERS.
FLOAT DETERIORATED, BE ALERT WHEN NEAR FULL LOADING CAPACITY.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at KPB.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (35 nm NE)
PAFE - Kake Airport (38 nm N)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (42 nm E)
PAKW - Klawock Airport (50 nm S)
PASI - Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (71 nm NW)
 
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From to KPB

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-9)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4015:40
Sunrise07:2116:21
Sunset15:5500:55
Evening civil twilight16:3701:37

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Nov-2009 06:26:36
Local (UTC-9)  09-Nov-2009 21:26:36
 
METAR
PAAP 
35nm W 
100300Z 30010KT 7SM -SHRA BKN020 OVC040 06/03 A2944 RMK LAST NO SPECI
PAPG 
35nm NE 
100616Z 04004KT 10SM BKN100 05/M02 A2954 RMK AO1 WEA
PAFE 
38nm N 
100616Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM BKN120 04/M02 A2956 RMK AO1 PNO
PAWG 
42nm E 
100616Z 10010KT 10SM FEW040 SCT070 05/02 A2957 RMK AO1 WEA
PAKW 
50nm S 
100608Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA SCT027 OVC039 06/01 A2948 RMK AO2 P0001 TSNO
TAF
PAPG 
35nm NE 
100520Z 1006/1106 VRB04KT P6SM BKN080 FM100800 VRB03KT 6SM BR SCT015 OVC025 FM101700 13003KT 2SM -SHRA BR BKN015 OVC025 FM102100 12004KT 4SM -SHRA BR BKN015 OVC025 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
PAWG 
42nm E 
100520Z 1006/1106 09008KT P6SM FEW040 SCT070 FM101000 11012KT 6SM -SHRA BR SCT020 OVC030 FM102100 14010KT P6SM -SHRA SCT025 OVC040 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND

 
 

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