Craig Seaplane Base
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Craig Seaplane Base
| image = CGA.png
| image-width = 250
| IATA = CGA
| ICAO =
| FAA = CGA
| type = Public
| owner = City of Craig
| operator =
| city-served = Craig, Alaska
| location =
| elevation-f = 0
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|55|28|44|N|133|08|52|W|region:US-AK|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Alaska
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Alaska
| pushpin_label = CGA
| pushpin_label_position = left
| r1-number = N/S
| r1-length-f = 10,000
| r1-surface = Water
| stat-year = 2016
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 2,000 (2015)
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 0
| stat3-header = Passengers
| stat3-data = 4,858
| stat4-header = Freight
| stat4-data = 222,000 lbs
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=CGA|use=PU|own=PU|site=50130.*C}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 27, 2017.
}}
Craig Seaplane Base {{airport codes|CGA{{cite web | url = http://gc.kls2.com/airport/CGA | title = CGA: Craig, Alaska - Craig SPB | publisher = Great Circle Mapper | access-date = September 17, 2008}}||CGA}} is a public use seaplane base owned by and located in Craig, a city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,844 enplanements (passenger boardings) in calendar year 2008,
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf
| title = Enplanements for CY 2008 | format = PDF, 1.0 MB
| work = CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = December 18, 2009
}}
4,470 enplanements in 2009, and 4,368 in 2010.
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf
| title = Enplanements for CY 2010 | format = PDF, 189 KB
| work = CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2011
}}
It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).
{{cite web
|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
|title=2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A
|format=PDF, 2.03 MB
|work= National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration
|date=October 4, 2010
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
|archive-date=September 27, 2012
}}
Facilities and aircraft
Craig Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated N/S with a water surface measuring 10,000 by 2,000 feet (3,048 x 610 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 2,254 aircraft operations, an average of 187 per month: 78% air taxi and 22% general aviation.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:
{{Airport destination list
| Taquan Air | Ketchikan{{cite web
| url = http://www.taquanair.com/pages/flights_summer.htm
| title = Summer Flight Schedule: Effective May 13 – September 15, 2012
| publisher = Taquan Air
| access-date = August 2, 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140424063505/http://www.taquanair.com/pages/flights_summer.htm
| archive-date = April 24, 2014
| url-status = dead
}}
}}
{{Bar graph
| title = Carrier shares for January – December 2015
| bar_width = 35
| width_units = em
| label_type = Carrier
| data_type = Passengers (arriving and departing)
| data_max = 4,400
| label1 = Pacific
| data1 = 4,350
| comment1 = 89.60%
| label2 = Venture
| data2 = 510
| comment2 = 10.40%
}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ Top domestic destinations (January – December 2015) {{cite web | url = https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=CGA&Airport_Name=Craig,%20AK:%20Craig%20Seaplane%20Base&carrier=FACTS | title = Craig, AK: Craig Seaplane Base (CGA) | publisher = Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation |date= Dec 2015 |access-date= May 5, 2017 }} |
| Rank
! City ! Airport ! Passengers |
|---|
| 1
| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Ketchikan, AK | Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base (WFB) | align=right | 2,400 |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=13&lat=55.4788&lon=-133.1478&w=600&h=600&lp=---+None+--- Topographic map] from USGS The National Map
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{{Airports in Alaska}}
Category:Airports in the Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska
Category:Seaplane bases in Alaska
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