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KXA Kasaan Seaplane Base
Kasaan, Alaska, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: KXA
Lat/Long: 55-32-14.6900N / 132-23-51.0520W
55-32.244833N / 132-23.850867W
55.5374139 / -132.3975144
(estimated)
Elevation: 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation: 26E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 99901

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1959
Sectional chart: KETCHIKAN
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: KETCHIKAN FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-225-9481]
Alternate FSS: JNU JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-800-WX-BRIEF]
NOTAMs facility: KTN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
KLAWOCK071/23.2524EAKW .- -.- .--
CLAM COVE275/26.539621ECMJ -.-. -- .---
NICHOLS295/38.926621EICK .. -.-. -.-

Seaplane Base Services

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

Runway Information

Runway N/S

Dimensions: 2000 x 2000 ft. / 610 x 610 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-REG
6860 GLACIER HWY
JUNEAU, AK 99801-7999
Phone 907-465-1786
Manager: IRENE GALLION
P.O. BOX 112506
JUNEAU, AK 99811
Phone 907-465-1786

Seaplane Base Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: avg 33/month *
88% air taxi
12% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2006

Additional Remarks

SOME SWELLS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED WHEN WIND OUT OF S/W.
BOATS MAY BE TIED TO SPB BACK/FLOAT.
EXPOSED TO SE & NW WINDS.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at KXA.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAKW - Klawock Airport (23 nm W)
PAKT - Ketchikan International Airport (26 nm SE)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (57 nm N)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (78 nm N)
PAFE - Kake Airport (99 nm NW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 04-Jul-2009
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight03:1711:17
Sunrise04:1512:15
Sunset21:3305:33
Evening civil twilight22:3106:31

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Jul-2009 01:04:40
Local (UTC-8)  04-Jul-2009 17:04:40
 
METAR
PAKW 
23nm W 
050053Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP188 T01720106 TSNO
PAHY 
25nm SW 
050056Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM CLR 16/10 A3009 RMK AO1
PAKT 
26nm SE 
050053Z 13010KT 10SM CLR 20/12 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP177 HARBOR WND 09009KT T02000122
PAMM 
37nm SE 
050056Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM CLR 19/13 A3008 RMK AO1 PNO
PANT 
41nm SE 
050053Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 19/11 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01890111 TSNO
TAF
PAKT 
26nm SE 
042336Z 0500/0524 12010KT P6SM FEW025 SCT200 FM050300 VRB06KT P6SM SCT200 FM050900 32005KT P6SM SCT200 FM051400 32005KT P6SM VCFG SCT002 BKN020 BKN200 FM051700 32004KT P6SM SCT020 SCT200

 
 

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