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2Z5 Chena River Seaplane Base
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 30 OCTOBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 2Z5
Lat/Long: 64-49-58.4380N 147-50-53.7300W
64-49.973967N 147-50.895500W
64.8328994,-147.8482583
(estimated)
Elevation: 440 ft. / 134 m (estimated)
Variation: 28E (1985)
From city: 3 miles W of FAIRBANKS, AK
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 99709

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public, ALL PROPERTY ALONG RIVER BANK IS PRIVATLEY OWNED. PUBLIC ACCESS TO RIVER CONSISTS OF ONE SMALL GRAVEL RAMP.
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-474-0788]
NOTAMs facility: FAI (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Pattern altitude: 1000 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at FAI (1.1 nm S): 124.4 (907-621-7609)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
FAIr044/4.6FAIRBANKS VORTAC108.6021E
ENNr044/34.6NENANA VORTAC115.8021E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CHENA251/9.025717ECUN -.-. ..- -.
ICE POOL043/35.952518EICW .. -.-. .--

Seaplane Base Services

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

Runway Information

Runway N/S

Dimensions: 5000 x 300 ft. / 1524 x 91 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY N  RUNWAY S
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: nonenone

Runway E/W

Dimensions: 3000 x 300 ft. / 914 x 91 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY E  RUNWAY W
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: nonenone

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: PUBLIC DOMAIN

Additional Remarks

- OPERG AREA IN CHENA RIVER N & W OF FAIRBANKS INTL ARPT.
- PUBLIC ACCESS RAMP IS AT NORTH END OF RAVENWOOD AVE. N64,49.919; W147,52.457.
- PVT 900 FT X 50 FT GRASS STRIP ADJ RIVER.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 2Z5.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAFA - Fairbanks International Airport (1 nm S)
PAFB - Ladd Army Airfield (6 nm E)
PAEI - Eielson Air Force Base (22 nm SE)
PANN - Nenana Municipal Airport (36 nm SW)
PAHV - Healy River Airport (65 nm SW)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 11-Nov-2025
 Local
(UTC-9)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight08:1417:14
Sunrise09:1418:14
Sunset15:5700:57
Evening civil twilight16:5701:57

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  11-Nov-2025 19:41:02
Local (UTC-9)  11-Nov-2025 10:41:02
 
METAR
PAFA 111853Z 04003KT 6SM -SN BR FEW003 SCT200 M23/M26 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP131 SN IC P0000 T12331256 VISNO NE $
PAFB 
6nm E 		111855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M23/M26 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP133 T12311259 $
TAF
PAFA 111726Z 1118/1224 VRB03KT P6SM VCFG FEW001 FEW200 TEMPO 1118/1120 1/2SM -SN FZFG VV001 FM112000 VRB02KT P6SM FEW200
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