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2Z5 Chena River Seaplane Base
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 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 -8 (UTC -9 during Standard 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 10-Jul-2025
 Local
(UTC-8)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight++
Sunrise03:3811:38
Sunset00:1508:15
Evening civil twilight++

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Jul-2025 10:45:39
Local (UTC-8)  10-Jul-2025 02:45:39
 
METAR
PAFA 100953Z 36003KT 7SM FEW008 BKN020 OVC060 12/11 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP098 T01170111 $
PAFB 
6nm E 		100955Z 00000KT 6SM BR FEW003 SCT010 OVC030 13/12 A2980 RMK AO2A CIG 005V011 SLP097 T01280119 $
TAF
PAFA 100638Z 1007/1112 VRB05KT 6SM -RA BR SCT010 BKN030 OVC040 TEMPO 1010/1014 BKN010 FM101500 VRB04KT 6SM -RA BR BKN035 OVC050 FM101800 VRB03KT P6SM VCSH BKN050 FM110000 VRB04KT P6SM BKN060 BKN100
PAFB 
6nm E 		100600Z 1006/1112 01006KT 8000 -SHRA FEW005 BKN035 OVC065 610802 QNH2977INS BECMG 1009/1010 VRB06KT 4800 -SHRA BR SCT005 BKN030 OVC055 610802 QNH2974INS BECMG 1019/1020 28006KT 9999 NSW SCT030 BKN065 OVC080 620802 QNH2963INS BECMG 1104/1105 33006KT 9999 SCT150 QNH2961INS TX19/1102Z TN11/1013Z
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