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KPB Point Baker Seaplane Base
Point Baker, Alaska, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 DECEMBER 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-Feb-2010
 Local
(UTC-9)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5515:55
Sunrise07:3516:35
Sunset16:4301:43
Evening civil twilight17:2302:23

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Feb-2010 08:26:59
Local (UTC-9)  09-Feb-2010 23:26:59
 
METAR
PAAP 
35nm W 
100257Z VRB05KT 7SM -SN BKN025 OVC035 04/00 A2979 RMK NO SPECI
PAPG 
35nm NE 
100816Z 00000KT 10SM OVC065 01/M02 A2981 RMK AO1 PNO
PAFE 
38nm N 
100816Z AUTO 11010KT 10SM SCT032 BKN042 OVC050 02/M02 A2980 RMK AO1 PNO
PAWG 
42nm E 
100816Z AUTO 11009KT 10SM OVC070 02/M01 A2981 RMK AO1 PNO
PAKW 
50nm S 
091526Z 03003KT 10SM CLR M02/M03 A3000
TAF
PAPG 
35nm NE 
100541Z 1006/1106 00000KT P6SM VCSH OVC080 FM101200 VRB03KT 3SM -SN BKN012 OVC025 FM102000 08006KT 6SM -RA SCT020 BKN030 OVC040 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
PAWG 
42nm E 
100541Z 1006/1106 11008KT P6SM BKN080 FM101200 10007KT 4SM -RASN BKN020 OVC050 FM102000 08006KT 6SM -RA SCT020 BKN030 OVC040 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND

 
 

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