Angoon Seaplane Base Explained

Angoon Seaplane Base
Iata:AGN
Icao:PAGN
Faa:AGN
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
City-Served:Angoon, Alaska
Elevation-F:0
Coordinates:57.5036°N -134.585°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:AGN
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:NW/SE
R1-Length-F:10,000
R1-Surface:Water
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:1,700
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Passengers
Stat3-Data:3,316
Stat4-Header:Freight
Stat4-Data:142,000 lbs
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Angoon Seaplane Base is a state-owned public-use seaplane base located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Angoon, a city on Admiralty Island in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,770 passenger enplanements (boardings) in calendar year 2008,[2] 1,750 in 2009, and 1,680 in 2010.[3] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019 categorized it as a general aviation airport, based on 1,743 enplanements in 2012 (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Angoon Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated NW/SE which measures 10,000 by 900 feet (3,048 x 274 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 1,150 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per month: 87% air taxi and 13% general aviation.

Airlines and destinations

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015[5]
RankCityAirport name & IATA codePassengers
1Juneau, AKJuneau International Airport (JNU)1,770
2Tenakee, AKTenakee Airport (TKE)20

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Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective January 5, 2017.
  2. Web site: Enplanements for CY 2008 . PDF, 1.0 MB . CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . December 18, 2009 .
  3. Web site: Enplanements for CY 2010 . PDF, 189 KB . CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2011 .
  4. Web site: Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Estimate . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Report . Federal Aviation Administration . May 23, 2016 .
  5. Web site: Angoon, AK: Angoon Seaplane Base (AGN) . . December 2015 . January 11, 2017 .