AirNav: POWS - Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base

POWS

Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base
Steamboat Bay, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 16 JULY 2020

Location

FAA Identifier:	WSB
Lat/Long:	55-31-46.6990N 133-38-30.1100W 55-31.778317N 133-38.501833W 55.5296386,-133.6416972 (estimated)
Elevation:	0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation:	26E (1985)
Time zone:	UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	04/1962
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS:	KETCHIKAN FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-225-9481]
Alternate FSS:	JNU JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-297-2236]
NOTAMs facility:	KTN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	no
Segmented circle:	no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF:	122.9
WX ASOS at AKW (19 nm E):	135.45 (907-755-2641)

Nearby radio navigation aids

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
KLAWOCK		243/19.2		229		20E		AKW	.- -.- .--

Seaplane Base Services

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

Runway Information

Runway N/S

Dimensions:	6000 x 2000 ft. / 1829 x 610 m
Surface:	water
	RUNWAY N	RUNWAY S
Elevation:	0.0 ft.	0.0 ft.
Traffic pattern:	left	left

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	STEAMBOAT BAY RESORT P.O. BOX 549 CRAIG, AK 99921 Phone 801-870-2570
Manager:	BRIAN CUNNIGHAM P.O. BOX 549 CRAIG, AK 99921 Phone 253-225-4256

Seaplane Base Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: 210/year *
86%	air taxi
14%	transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2017

Additional Remarks

-	HIGH MTNS ALL SIDES EXCEPT ENTRANCE; ONE WAY OPNS-NO SOUTH OPNS; SUBJECT TO HEAVY SWELLS & SQUIRRELY WINDS.
-	LARGE OCEAN SWELLS COMMON IN BAY. EXPOSED TO NORTH WIND.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at POWS.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAKW - Klawock Airport (19 nm E)
PAKT - Ketchikan International Airport (67 nm E)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (71 nm NE)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (80 nm N)
PAFE - Kake Airport (86 nm N)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 12-Aug-2020

	Local (UTC-8)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	04:41	12:41
Sunrise	05:25	13:25
Sunset	20:34	04:34
Evening civil twilight	21:17	05:17

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	12-Aug-2020 11:06:20
Local (UTC-8)	12-Aug-2020 03:06:20

METAR

PAKW
20nm E

121053Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM BKN019 OVC026 11/09 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP147 T01110089 TSNO $

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