FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | 5C5 |
| Lat/Long: | 55-57-30.9200N / 133-15-12.1400W 55-57.515333N / 133-15.202333W 55.9585889 / -133.2533722 (estimated) |
| Elevation: | 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated) |
| From city: | 29 miles N of CRAIG, AK |
| Zip code: | -8,-9,-8 |
Seaplane Base Operations
| Seaplane Base use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 03/2005 |
| Sectional chart: | KETCHIKAN |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | KETCHIKAN FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-225-9481] |
| Alternate FSS: | JNU JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-800-WX-BRIEF] |
| NOTAMs facility: | KTN (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Seaplane Base Communications
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
| LVDr163/31.1 | | LEVEL ISLAND VOR/DME | | 116.50 | | 28E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
| KLAWOCK | | 322/24.1 | | 5 | | 24E | | AKW | .- -.- .-- |
| SUMNER STRAIT | | 162/30.8 | | 529 | | 28E | | SQM | ... --.- -- |
Seaplane Base Services
Runway Information
Runway 13/31
| Dimensions: | 8000 x 350 ft. / 2438 x 107 m |
| Surface: | water |
| RUNWAY 13 | | RUNWAY 31 |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Privately-owned |
| Owner: | SCOTT VAN VALIN P.O. BOX 1174 CRAIG, AK 99921 Phone 800-770-5464 |
| Manager: | SCOTT VAN VALIN P.O. BOX 1174 CRAIG, AK 99921 Phone 800-770-5464 |
Seaplane Base Operational Statistics
| Aircraft operations: 180/year * | | 83% | local general aviation | | 17% | transient general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2006 | |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at 5C5.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PAKW - Klawock Airport (24 nm S)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (43 nm NE)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (52 nm N)
PAKT - Ketchikan International Airport (64 nm SE)
PAFE - Kake Airport (64 nm N)
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Times for 10-Oct-2008
| | Local (UTC-8) | | Zulu (UTC) |
| Morning civil twilight | | 06:40 | | 14:40 |
| Sunrise | | 07:17 | | 15:17 |
| Sunset | | 18:02 | | 02:02 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:39 | | 02:39 |
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| Current date and time |
| Zulu (UTC) | 11-Oct-2008 07:33:03 |
| Local (UTC-8) | 10-Oct-2008 23:33:03 |
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| METAR |
PAKW 23nm S | 110653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA FEW025 OVC046 09/06 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP185 P0004 T00890056 TSNO
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PAWG 43nm NE | 110716Z AUTO 12017G22KT 10SM FEW040 BKN045 OVC050 06/02 A3018 RMK AO1 PNO
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| TAF |
PAWG 43nm NE | 110538Z 110606 12015G25KT 6SM -RA BR SCT025 OVC040 WS020/17040KT FM0930 12022G34KT 4SM RA BR SCT010 OVC025 WS020/18055KT FM1800 11014G24KT 6SM -RA BR SCT015 OVC035 WS020/20045KT FM2200 12010KT P6SM -SHRA SCT015 OVC040 FM0300 13005KT P6SM -SHRA SCT025
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