Port Alexander Seaplane Base
{{Infobox airport
| name = Port Alexander Seaplane Base
| image =
| FAA = AHP
| IATA = PTD
| ICAO = PAAP
| type = Public
| owner = Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
| operator =
| city-served = Port Alexander, Alaska
| location =
| elevation-f = 0
| coordinates = {{coord|56|14|49|N|134|38|53|W|region:US-AK_type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| pushpin_map = USA Alaska
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| pushpin_label = AHP
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Alaska
| r1-number = N/S
| r1-length-f = 3,000
| r1-surface = Water
| stat-year = 2006
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 325
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=AHP|use=PU|own=PU|site=50610.*C}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
}}
Port Alexander Seaplane Base {{airport codes|PTD|PAAP|AHP}} is a city owned, public use seaplane base located in Port Alexander, a city at the southeastern corner of Baranof Island in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
{{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 = faa.gov
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2010
}}
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 139 passenger boardings (enplanements) 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 = faa.gov
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = December 18, 2009
}}
189 enplanements in 2009, and 146 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 = faa.gov
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2011
}}
Scheduled airline passenger service is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Port Alexander is assigned AHP by the FAA and PTD by the IATA.
{{cite web
| url = http://gc.kls2.com/airport/PTD
| title = PTD / PAAP - Port Alexander, Alaska (Port Alexander SPB)
| publisher = Great Circle Mapper
| access-date = August 7, 2009
}}
The airport's ICAO identifier is PAAP.
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/LID/L_G2.htm
| title = Alaskan ICAO Identifiers
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration
| access-date = August 7, 2009
}}
Facilities and aircraft
Port Alexander Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated N/S which measures 3,000 by 300 feet (914 x 91 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 325 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per month: 77% air taxi and 23% general aviation.
Airlines and destinations
The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:
{{Airport destination list
| Baranautica Air Service | Sitka Seaplane Base
{{cite web
| url = https://www.regulations.gov/document/DOT-OST-1999-6244-0089
| title = Order 2021-9-13
| publisher = U.S. Department of Transportation
| date = September 23, 2021
}}
}}
See also
References
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Other sources
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- Essential Air Service documents ([http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOT-OST-1999-6244 Docket DOT-OST-1999-6244]) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
- [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1999-6244-0017 Order 2004-4-11 (April 16, 2004)]: tentatively re-selects Harris Aircraft Services, Inc. (Harris Air), to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Port Alexander, Alaska, for a new, two-year period, through February 28, 2006, at an annual subsidy rate of $35,206.
- [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1999-6244-0022 Order 2006-4-12 (April 7, 2006)]: selecting Harris Aircraft Services, Inc. (Harris Air), to continue providing essential air service (EAS) at Port Alexander, Alaska, for a new two-year period, through February 29, 2008, at an annual subsidy rate of $48,746.
- [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1999-6244-0027 Order 2008-1-5 (January 11, 2008)]: selected Harris Aircraft Services, Inc. (Harris Air), to continue to provide essential air service (EAS) at Port Alexander, Alaska, for the two-year period through February 28, 2010, and established an annual subsidy rate of $49,739, for service consisting of two nonstop round trips each week to Sitka with 3-seat Cessna 185 aircraft.
- [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1999-6244-0032 Order 2009-12-3 (December 7, 2009)]: selecting Harris Aircraft Services, Inc. (Harris Air), to continue providing essential air service (EAS) at Port Alexander, Alaska, and establishing an annual subsidy rate of $60,083, for a new two-year period, through February 29, 2012.
- [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1999-6244-0037 Order 2012-2-15 (February 21, 2012)]: selecting Harris Aircraft Services, Inc. ("Harris Air"), to continue providing Essential Air Service (EAS) at Port Alexander, Alaska, for the two-year period through February 28, 2014, and establishing an annual subsidy rate of $75,293, for service consisting of two nonstop round trips each week to Sitka with 3-seat Cessna 185 aircraft.
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External links
- [http://www.harrisair.com/ Harris Air]
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=13&lat=56.2468&lon=-134.6482&w=600&h=600&lp=---+None+--- Topographic map] from USGS The National Map
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Category:Airports in Petersburg Borough, Alaska