FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | Z71 |
| Lat/Long: | 55-57-58.6440N / 133-47-48.1960W
55-57.977400N / 133-47.803267W
55.9662900 / -133.7967211
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 26E (1985) |
| Zip code: | -8,-9,-8 |
Seaplane Base Operations
| Seaplane Base use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 04/1962 |
| Sectional chart: | KETCHIKAN |
| 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 not available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Seaplane Base Communications
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| LVDr190/38.4 | | LEVEL ISLAND VOR/DME | | 116.50 | | 28E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| KLAWOCK | | 291/34.0 | | 5 | | 24E | | AKW | .- -.- .-- |
| SUMNER STRAIT | | 190/37.9 | | 529 | | 28E | | SQM | ... --.- -- |
Seaplane Base Services
Runway Information
Runway NW/SE
| Dimensions: | 10000 x 500 ft. / 3048 x 152 m |
| Surface: | water |
| RUNWAY NW | | RUNWAY SE |
| Elevation: | 0.0 ft. | | 0.0 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Markings: | none | | none |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Privately-owned |
| Owner: | L.O.G. LOG CO.
CAPE POLE SEAPLANE BASE
CAPE POLE, AK |
Seaplane Base Operational Statistics
| Aircraft operations: avg 33/month * | | 62% | transient general aviation | | 38% | air taxi | | * for 12-month period ending 16 May 1980 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | OPERG AREA IN FISHERMANS HARBOR; ROCKS IN ENTRANCE; HEAVY SEAS ARE FREQUENT. |
| - | FLOAT IN FAIR SHAPE - LOGS IN WATER. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at Z71.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PAKW - Klawock Airport (34 nm SE)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (57 nm NE)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (58 nm NE)
PAFE - Kake Airport (60 nm N)
PAKT - Ketchikan International Airport (79 nm SE)
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 06-Jul-2008
| | Local
(UTC-8) | | Zulu
(UTC) |
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| Morning civil twilight | | 03:22 | | 11:22 |
| Sunrise | | 04:21 | | 12:21 |
| Sunset | | 21:39 | | 05:39 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 22:38 | | 06:38 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 07-Jul-2008 01:30:58 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 06-Jul-2008 17:30:58 |
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| METAR |
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PAAP
33nm NW | 070053Z 17010KT 10SM BKN020 OVC040 10/08 A3006 RMK NO SPECI
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PAKW
34nm SE | 070053Z AUTO VRB03KT 7SM -RA FEW024 SCT032 OVC041 12/08 A3007 RMK AO2 RAB29 SLP184 P0001 T01220083 TSNO
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