Shannons Pond Seaplane Base
{{Infobox Airport
| name = Shannons Pond Seaplane Base
| image =
| FAA = AA15
| type = Public
| owner = State of Alaska/Div. of Lands
| operator =
| city-served = Dillingham, Alaska
| location =
| elevation-f = 80
| elevation-m = 24
| pushpin_map = USA Alaska
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Alaska
| pushpin_label = AA15
| coordinates = {{coord|59|03|32|N|158|34|38|W|region:US-AK_type:airport}}
| website =
| r1-number = NE/SW
| r1-length-f = 1,400
| r1-length-m = 427
| r1-surface = Water
| stat1-header = Based aircraft
| stat1-data = 15
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=0Z3|use=PU|own=PU|site=50154.*C}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
}}
Shannons Pond Seaplane Base {{airport codes|||AA15}} is a public-use seaplane base located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Dillingham, a city in the Dillingham Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this facility had 1,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008.[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 18 December 2009. It is {{convert|3|mi|0}} west of Dillingham Airport.{{cite web | url = http://www.gcmap.com/dist?P=DLG-0Z3&DU=mi | title = Heading and distance from DLG to 0Z3 | publisher = Great Circle Mapper | access-date = 26 September 2010}}{{cite web | url = http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Dillingham | title = Community Information Summaries: Dillingham | publisher = Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development / Division of Community & Regional Affairs | access-date = 26 September 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110412070421/http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Dillingham | archive-date = 12 April 2011 }}
Facilities and aircraft
Shannons Pond Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated NE/SW which measures 1,400 by 100 feet (427 x 30 m). There are 15 single-engine aircraft based at this airport.
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100924165738/http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-dillingham-float-plane-collision,0,4642058.story Two float planes collide in Alaska; pilots survive (September 15, 2010)]
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Category:Airports in the Dillingham Census Area, Alaska
Category:Seaplane bases in Alaska
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