Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base

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See also: Ketchikan International Airport

Coordinates: 55°20′40″N 131°39′48″W / 55.34444, -131.66333

Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base
IATA: WFB – ICAO: none – FAA: 5KE
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Public Domain
Location		Ketchikan, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		0 ft / 0 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
NW/SE	10,000	3,048	Water
Statistics
Enplanements (2006)			29,878
Operations (1988)			88,000
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base (IATA: WFB, FAA LID: 5KE) is located in the harbor of Ketchikan, a city in the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this seaplane base had 37,252 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 29,878 enplanements (5,365 scheduled and 24,513 unscheduled) in 2006.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated NW/SE which measures 10,000 x 1,500 ft. (3,048 x 457 m). As per the the most recent FAA records, for 12-month period ending April 13, 1988, the airport had 88,000 aircraft operations, an average of 241 per day: 85% air taxi and 15% general aviation.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for 5KE (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
2. ^ FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005 and 2006

[edit] External links

• Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIF)
• Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base at WikiMapia
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for 5KE
  • ASN accident history for WFB
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 5KE