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A23 Saginaw Seaplane Base
Saginaw Bay, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 30 OCTOBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: A23
Lat/Long: 56-53-10.7960N 134-09-30.1960W
56-53.179933N 134-09.503267W
56.8863322,-134.1583878
(estimated)
Elevation: 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation: 27E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 99835

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1962
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: SITKA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-966-2221]
Alternate FSS: JNU JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-297-2236]
NOTAMs facility: SIT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3P at AFE (9 nm NE): 135.25 (907-785-3124)

Seaplane Base Services

Runway Information

Runway NW/SE

Dimensions: 10000 x 1000 ft. / 3048 x 305 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY NW  RUNWAY SE
Elevation: 0.0 ft.0.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: SAGINAW BAY, AK
Manager: SAGINAW BAY, AK

Additional Remarks

- NO FLOAT OR SVCS EXIST. ROCKS & SHALLOW WATER NEAR AREA OF FORMER FLOAT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at A23.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAFE - Kake Airport (9 nm NE)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (40 nm E)
PASI - Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (40 nm W)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (64 nm E)
PAKW - Klawock Airport (86 nm SE)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 18-Nov-2025
 Local
(UTC-9)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0116:01
Sunrise07:4516:45
Sunset15:3900:39
Evening civil twilight16:2301:23

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-Nov-2025 23:19:27
Local (UTC-9)  18-Nov-2025 14:19:27
 
METAR
PAFE 
8nm NE 		182256Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM FEW030 BKN036 BKN043 06/05 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP164 T00610050
TAF
PAPG 
39nm E 		181735Z 1818/1918 VRB03KT P6SM BCFG OVC035 TEMPO 1818/1820 OVC030 FM182000 VRB04KT P6SM -SHRA OVC025 FM190000 VRB04KT 6SM -RA BR SCT007 BKN015 OVC025 TEMPO 1903/1907 OVC007 FM190900 13002KT 6SM BR SCT005 OVC015 WS020/14030KT FM191500 12010KT P6SM -RA SCT015 BKN050 WS020/14035KT AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND 1906/1915
PASI 
40nm W 		181904Z 1819/1918 09005KT P6SM VCSH FEW020 SCT035 BKN050 TEMPO 1819/1821 -TSRA BKN035CB FM190500 10010KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 OVC050 FM191000 11015KT 6SM -SHRA SCT020 OVC035 WS020/13030KT FM191500 11020G30KT P6SM -RA OVC050 WS020/13040KT
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