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POWS Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base
Steamboat Bay, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024

Location

FAA Identifier: WSB
Lat/Long: 55-31-46.6990N 133-38-30.1100W
55-31.778317N 133-38.501833W
55.5296386,-133.6416972
(estimated)
Elevation: 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation: 26E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1962
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: KETCHIKAN FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-225-9481]
Alternate FSS: JNU JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-297-2236]
NOTAMs facility: KTN (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: no
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at AKW (19 nm E): 135.45 (907-755-2641)

Seaplane Base Services

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

Runway Information

Runway N/S

Dimensions: 6000 x 2000 ft. / 1829 x 610 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY N  RUNWAY S
Elevation: 0.0 ft.0.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: STEAMBOAT BAY RESORT
P.O. BOX 549
CRAIG, AK 99921
Phone 801-870-2570
Manager: BRIAN CUNNIGHAM
P.O. BOX 549
CRAIG, AK 99921
Phone 253-225-4256

Seaplane Base Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: 210/year *
86% air taxi
14% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2021

Additional Remarks

- HIGH MTNS ALL SIDES EXCEPT ENTRANCE; ONE WAY OPNS-NO SOUTH OPNS; SUBJECT TO HEAVY SWELLS & SQUIRRELY WINDS.
- LARGE OCEAN SWELLS COMMON IN BAY. EXPOSED TO NORTH WIND.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at POWS.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAKW - Klawock Airport (19 nm E)
PAKT - Ketchikan International Airport (67 nm E)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (71 nm NE)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (80 nm N)
PAFE - Kake Airport (86 nm N)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 17-Apr-2024
 Local
(UTC-8)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:0313:03
Sunrise05:4313:43
Sunset20:0504:05
Evening civil twilight20:4504:45

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-Apr-2024 05:26:55
Local (UTC-8)  17-Apr-2024 21:26:55
 
METAR
PAKW 
20nm E 		180453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/M02 A3052 RMK AO2 SLP336 T00611022 TSNO
PAHY 
34nm SE 		180456Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/02 A3053 RMK AO2 SLP334 T00720022 PNO $
TAF
PAKW 
20nm E 		171725Z 1718/1818 18005KT P6SM SKC FM180500 00000KT P6SM SKC AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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