FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | Z59 |
| Lat/Long: | 60-46-55.2910N / 161-44-35.2640W
60-46.921517N / 161-44.587733W
60.7820253 / -161.7431289
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 15 ft. / 5 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 18E (1985) |
| Time zone: | UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Seaplane Base Operations
| Seaplane Base use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 07/1967 |
| Sectional chart: | MC GRATH |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [800-478-3576] |
| NOTAMs facility: | BET (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | yes |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Seaplane Base Communications
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| BETr080/2.4 | | BETHEL VORTAC | | 114.10 | | 14E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| BETHEL | | 097/2.5 | | 344 | | 14E | | BLZ | -... .-.. --.. |
| OSCARVILLE | | 084/3.8 | | 251 | | 14E | | OSE | --- ... . |
Seaplane Base Services
| Airframe service: | MINOR |
| Powerplant service: | MINOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway NE/SW
| Dimensions: | 3000 x 500 ft. / 914 x 152 m |
| Surface: | water |
| RUNWAY NE | | RUNWAY SW |
| Elevation: | 15.0 ft. | | 15.0 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Markings: | none | | none |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
Seaplane Base Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 15 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 15 |
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Additional Remarks
| - | OPERG AREA IN KUSKOKWIM RIVER; RIVER USED BY ACFT & BOATS. |
| - | WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTP://AKWEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at Z59.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PABE - Bethel Airport (3 nm W)
PAPK - Napaskiak Airport (5 nm S)
PFKW - Kwethluk Airport (9 nm E)
PANA - Napakiak Airport (9 nm SW)
PFAK - Akiak Airport (17 nm NE)
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 09-Nov-2009
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(UTC-9) | | Zulu
(UTC) |
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| Morning civil twilight | | 08:47 | | 17:47 |
| Sunrise | | 09:36 | | 18:36 |
| Sunset | | 17:26 | | 02:26 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:15 | | 03:15 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 09-Nov-2009 09:11:19 |
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| Local (UTC-9) | 09-Nov-2009 00:11:19 |
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| METAR |
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PABE
2nm W | 090853Z 16018KT 1SM R19R/P6000FT -SN BR OVC016 M08/M10 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP069 P0002 60002 T10831100 410781167 58024
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PABE
2nm W | 090739Z 0908/1006 17015KT 1SM -SN OVC015 TEMPO 0908/0912 3SM -SN SCT015 OVC030 FM091700 23015G23KT 4SM -RASN BR OVC015 FM092100 26013G20KT P6SM VCSH BKN035
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