Craig Seaplane Base Explained

Craig Seaplane Base
Iata:CGA
Faa:CGA
Type:Public
Owner:City of Craig
City-Served:Craig, Alaska
Elevation-F:0
Coordinates:55.4789°N -133.1478°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:CGA
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:N/S
R1-Length-F:10,000
R1-Surface:Water
Stat-Year:2016
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:2,000 (2015)
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Passengers
Stat3-Data:4,858
Stat4-Header:Freight
Stat4-Data:222,000 lbs
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Craig Seaplane Base is a public use seaplane base owned by and located in Craig, a city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,844 enplanements (passenger boardings) in calendar year 2008,[2] 4,470 enplanements in 2009, and 4,368 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Craig Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated N/S with a water surface measuring 10,000 by 2,000 feet (3,048 x 610 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 2,254 aircraft operations, an average of 187 per month: 78% air taxi and 22% general aviation.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 27, 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: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . September 27, 2012 .
  5. Web site: Craig, AK: Craig Seaplane Base (CGA) . . Dec 2015 . May 5, 2017 .