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POWS Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base
Steamboat Bay, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2025

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

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 04-May-2025
 Local
(UTC-8)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:2212:22
Sunrise05:0613:06
Sunset20:3604:36
Evening civil twilight21:2105:21

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  04-May-2025 08:51:33
Local (UTC-8)  04-May-2025 00:51:33
 
METAR
PAKW 
20nm E 		040832Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT014 OVC043 06/04 A3018 RMK AO2 T00610039 TSNO
PAHY 
34nm SE 		040756Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 04/03 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP223 T00390028 $
TAF
PAKW 
20nm E 		040532Z 0406/0506 VRB05KT P6SM SCT025 BKN070 TEMPO 0412/0416 00000KT 5SM BCFG FEW005 BKN025 FM042200 18010KT P6SM SCT030 OVC050 FM050200 14010G20KT P6SM -RA BKN025 OVC040 WS020/14030KT AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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