North Whale Seaplane Base | |
Iata: | WWP |
Faa: | 96Z |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region |
City-Served: | North Whale Pass, Alaska |
Elevation-F: | 0 |
Coordinates: | 56.1164°N -133.1217°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Alaska |
Pushpin Label: | 96Z |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
R1-Number: | NW/SE |
R1-Length-F: | 10,000 |
R1-Surface: | Water |
Stat-Year: | 2006 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 350 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
North Whale Seaplane Base is a state owned, public use seaplane base located in North Whale Pass, a community in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
North Whale Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated NW/SE with a water surface measuring 10,000 by 1,000 feet (3,048 x 305 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 350 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per month: 86% air taxi and 14% general aviation.