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KQA Akutan Seaplane Base
Akutan, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 JANUARY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: KQA
Lat/Long: 54-08-02.0400N 165-46-42.1800W
54-08.034000N 165-46.703000W
54.1339000,-165.7783833
(estimated)
Elevation: 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation: 15E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 99553

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: COLD BAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-532-2466]
Alternate FSS: ENA KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-864-1737]
NOTAMs facility: CDB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3: 129.05
WX AWOS-3P at 7AK (6 nm E): 129.05 (907-302-3081)

Nearby radio navigation aids

NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
DUTCH HARBOR054/30.428309EDUT -.. ..- -

Seaplane Base Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway E/W

Dimensions: 10000 x 1000 ft. / 3048 x 305 m
Surface: water, in excellent condition
RUNWAY E  RUNWAY W
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: nonenone
Runway end identifier lights: nono

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF AKUTAN
PO BOX 109
AKUTAN, AK 99553
Phone 907-698-2228
Manager: JOE BERESKIN
CITY OF AKUTAN, 100 WINDY WAY
AKUTAN, AK 99553
Phone 907-698-2241
CONTACT POINT FOR DOT. PROPERTY ISSUES SHOULD BE REFERED TO DNR.

Additional Remarks

- OPERG AREA IN AKUTAN HARBOR
- DLY HELI SHUTTLE FROM AKUTAN (7AK) ON AKUN ISLAND.
- CAUTION FOR DRIFT WOOD AND DEBRIS IN SEAPLANE OPERATIONS AREA
- SEAPLANE RAMP IS UNUSEABLE FOR SEAPLANE OPERATIONS AT ALL TIDES
- BEACH AT OTHER SIDE OF HARBOR FROM RAMP HAS LARGE COBBLE BUT IS FIRM AND SUITABLE FOR LARGE WHEELED AMPHIBIAN ACFT, BUT UNSUITABLE FOR FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT DUE TO THE SIZE OF ROCKS ON BEACH.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at KQA.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAUT - Akutan Airport (6 nm E)
PADU - Unalaska Airport (30 nm SW)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Feb-2025
 Local
(UTC-9)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight08:4517:45
Sunrise09:2218:22
Sunset19:1304:13
Evening civil twilight19:5004:50

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Feb-2025 21:25:55
Local (UTC-9)  16-Feb-2025 12:25:55
 
METAR
TAF
PADU 
30nm SW 		160520Z 1606/1706 12010KT P6SM OVC017 FM160800 12012G21KT P6SM VCSH OVC019 TEMPO 1612/1613 P6SM -RA OVC015 FM161600 12012G22KT 5SM -RASN OVC009
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