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TKL Taku Lodge Seaplane Base
Taku Lodge, Alaska, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 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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From to TKL

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 07-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-9)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4315:43
Sunrise07:2816:28
Sunset15:5100:51
Evening civil twilight16:3601:36

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 08:46:38
Local (UTC-9)  07-Nov-2009 23:46:38
 
METAR
PAJN 
21nm W 
080753Z 10012KT 9SM -RA FEW030 BKN050 OVC080 04/03 A2935 RMK AO2 RAE11B28 SLP940 P0000 T00440033
CWVH 
25nm N 
080800Z AUTO 02014KT M14/ A2946 RMK SLP008
TAF
PAJN 
21nm W 
080520Z 0806/0906 10013G20KT P6SM -SHRA SCT030 OVC040 FM081500 10008KT P6SM -SHRA SCT025 OVC035 FM082000 11014G22KT P6SM -SHRA BKN025 OVC035 FM090300 11009KT P6SM -SHRA SCT025 OVC035

 
 

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