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Z71 Cape Pole Seaplane Base
Cape Pole, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025

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)
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)

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 not available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LVDr198/38.4LEVEL ISLAND VOR/DME116.5020E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SUMNER STRAIT198/37.952920ESQM ... --.- --

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: leftleft

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

Additional Remarks

- OPERG AREA IN FISHERMANS HARBOR; ROCKS IN ENTRANCE; HEAVY SEAS ARE FREQUENT.
- NO LONGER USED AS LOGGING/SEAPLANE OPNS. THERE IS LINE ACROSS INLET AT FLOAT.
- BEACH CONTAINS LARGE ROCKS UNSAFE FOR SEAPLANE FLOATS.

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 (80 nm SE)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 12-Dec-2025
 Local
(UTC-9)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:3116:31
Sunrise08:1817:18
Sunset15:2000:20
Evening civil twilight16:0601:06

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-Dec-2025 05:28:38
Local (UTC-9)  12-Dec-2025 20:28:38
 
METAR
PAKW 
34nm SE 		130453Z AUTO 04009KT 10SM CLR M04/M09 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP127 T10441094 TSNO $
TAF
PAKW 
34nm SE 		130000Z 1300/1324 03010KT P6SM SKC FM131200 03009KT P6SM BKN050 OVC100 PROB30 1312/1315 5SM -SN BR BKN025 OVC050 FM131500 05012G22KT 4SM -SN BR OVC015 FM132200 11010G20KT 4SM -SNRA BR OVC025 WS020/17025KT AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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