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PPWR

Port Walter Seaplane Base
Port Walter, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 18 APRIL 2024

Location

FAA Identifier:	PWR
Lat/Long:	56-22-51.6620N 134-39-03.3520W 56-22.861033N 134-39.055867W 56.3810172,-134.6509311 (estimated)
Elevation:	0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation:	26E (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:	04/1962
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS:	SITKA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-966-2221]
Alternate FSS:	JNU JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-297-2236]
NOTAMs facility:	SIT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	no
Segmented circle:	no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF:

122.9

Seaplane Base Services

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

Runway Information

Runway NE/SW

Dimensions:	3000 x 400 ft. / 914 x 122 m
Surface:	water
	RUNWAY NE	RUNWAY SW
Elevation:	0.0 ft.	0.0 ft.
Traffic pattern:	left	left

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	US DEPT. OF COMMERCE, NOAA, NMFS 17109 PT LENA LP RD JUNEAU, AK 99801 Phone 907-723-4457
Manager:	ANDREW GRAY NOAA NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERV, P.O. BOX 2530 SITKA, AK 99835 Phone 907-723-4457

Seaplane Base Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: 100/year *
100%	air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2020

Additional Remarks

-	YEAR ROUND OPN. BAY FREEZES OVER IN WINTER OCCASIONALLY. BAY EXPOSED TO NORTHERLY SWELLS AT HIGH TIDES.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at PPWR.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAFE - Kake Airport (43 nm NE)
PASI - Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (46 nm NW)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (62 nm NE)
PAKW - Klawock Airport (71 nm SE)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (76 nm E)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 19-Apr-2024

	Local (UTC-8)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	04:58	12:58
Sunrise	05:40	13:40
Sunset	20:15	04:15
Evening civil twilight	20:57	04:57

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	19-Apr-2024 12:43:13
Local (UTC-8)	19-Apr-2024 04:43:13

METAR

TAF

PASI
47nm NW

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