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TKL Taku Lodge Seaplane Base
Taku Lodge, Alaska, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 DECEMBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: TKL
Lat/Long: 58-29-22.8590N / 133-56-36.3160W
58-29.380983N / 133-56.605267W
58.4896831 / -133.9434211
(estimated)
Elevation: 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation: 28E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 99824

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public
Activation date: 05/1962
Sectional chart: JUNEAU
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-789-7380]
NOTAMs facility: JNU (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: SUMMER DAYLIGHT HOURS
Wind indicator: no
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.05

Nearby radio navigation aids

NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
MENDENHALL047/23.133223EMND -- -. -..
COGHLAN ISLAND049/25.021223ECGL -.-. --. .-..

Seaplane Base Services

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

Runway Information

Runway NE/SW

Dimensions: 5000 x 500 ft. / 1524 x 152 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY NE  RUNWAY SW
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: Privately-owned
Owner: TAKU GLACIER LODGE
P.O. BOX 33597
JUNEAU, AK 99803
Phone 907-789-5932
Manager: KEN WARD
Phone 907-789-5932

Seaplane Base Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: avg 31/week *
100% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2006

Additional Remarks

MTNS NW & SE; SHALLOW AT LOW TIDES LAND IN RVR CHANNEL; SUMMER OPERN ONLY.
OTTERS IN LODGE AND FLOAT AREA. WHEN OTTERS LEAVE VISITORS ARE WELCOME.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at TKL.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAJN - Juneau International Airport (21 nm W)
PAGS - Gustavus Airport (56 nm W)
PAFE - Kake Airport (92 nm S)
PASI - Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (98 nm SW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Feb-2010
 Local
(UTC-9)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0116:01
Sunrise07:4416:44
Sunset16:3601:36
Evening civil twilight17:1902:19

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Feb-2010 04:41:12
Local (UTC-9)  09-Feb-2010 19:41:12
 
METAR
PAJN 
21nm W 
100353Z 14008KT 10SM SCT050 OVC070 02/M04 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP095 T00221044
CWVH 
25nm N 
100400Z AUTO 29003KT M20/ A2980 RMK SLP128
TAF
PAJN 
21nm W 
092322Z 1000/1024 12010KT P6SM FEW020 BKN060 OVC090 FM100300 09008KT P6SM VCSH SCT015 BKN035 OVC050 FM100900 09006KT 6SM -SN BKN025 OVC030 FM101400 10005KT P6SM VCSH BKN035 OVC050

 
 

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