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A23 Saginaw Seaplane Base
Saginaw Bay, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 JANUARY 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: A23
Lat/Long: 56-53-10.7960N 134-09-30.1960W
56-53.179933N 134-09.503267W
56.8863322,-134.1583878
(estimated)
Elevation: 0 ft. / 0 m (estimated)
Variation: 27E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 99835

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1962
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: SITKA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-966-2221]
Alternate FSS: JNU JUNEAU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-297-2236]
NOTAMs facility: SIT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3P at AFE (9 nm NE): 135.25 (907-785-3124)

Seaplane Base Services

Runway Information

Runway NW/SE

Dimensions: 10000 x 1000 ft. / 3048 x 305 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY NW  RUNWAY SE
Elevation: 0.0 ft.0.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: SAGINAW BAY, AK
Manager: SAGINAW BAY, AK

Additional Remarks

- NO FLOAT OR SVCS EXIST. ROCKS & SHALLOW WATER NEAR AREA OF FORMER FLOAT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at A23.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAFE - Kake Airport (9 nm NE)
PAPG - Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (40 nm E)
PASI - Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (40 nm W)
PAWG - Wrangell Airport (64 nm E)
PAKW - Klawock Airport (86 nm SE)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Feb-2026
 Local
(UTC-9)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0016:00
Sunrise07:4116:41
Sunset16:4101:41
Evening civil twilight17:2202:22

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Feb-2026 20:04:48
Local (UTC-9)  08-Feb-2026 11:04:48
 
METAR
PAFE 
8nm NE 		081956Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM SCT029 BKN039 06/04 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP116 T00560044
TAF
PAPG 
39nm E 		081749Z 0818/0918 16007KT 6SM -RA BR SCT007 OVC025 WS020/16025KT FM082000 VRB04KT P6SM SCT015 BKN035 FM090600 VRB02KT 2SM BR VCFG BKN003 BKN025 BKN050 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND 0906/0915
PASI 
40nm W 		081743Z 0818/0918 13010G20KT 4SM -RA BKN015 OVC025 WS020/19030KT FM082000 12008KT P6SM SCT025 BKN050 FM091200 10009KT 6SM -RA SCT015 BKN030 OVC040
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