Beaver Lake Seaplane Base Explained

Beaver Lake Seaplane Base
Faa:D71
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska
City-Served:Big Lake, Alaska
Elevation-F:150
Coordinates:61.5831°N -149.8311°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:D71
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:1W/19W
R1-Length-F:5,000
R1-Surface:Water
Stat-Year:2009
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:430
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:6
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Beaver Lake Seaplane Base is a state owned, public use seaplane base located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of Big Lake, in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Facilities and aircraft

Beaver Lake Seaplane Base resides at elevation of 150 feet (46 m) above mean sea level. It has one seaplane landing area designated 1W/19W with a water surface measuring 5,000 by 400 feet (1,524 x 122 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2009, the airport had 430 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per month: 93% general aviation and 7% air taxi. At that time there were 6 aircraft based at this airport, all engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.

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