Hollis Seaplane Base is a state-owned public-use seaplane

Seaplane

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 base located in Hollis

Hollis, Alaska

Hollis is a census-designated place in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 139.-Geography:Hollis is located at ....

, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in the U.S. state

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 of Alaska

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As per Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

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 records, this airport had 1,661 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year

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 2008, an increase of 30.4% from the 1,274 enplanements in 2007. Hollis Seaplane Base is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

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 (2009–2013), which categorizes

FAA airport categories

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 it as a general aviation

General aviation

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facility.

Facilities and aircraft

Hollis Seaplane Base has two seaplane landing areas. The NW/SE waterway measures 6,000 by 500 feet (1,829 x 152 m) and the E/W waterway is 4,500 by 500 feet (1,372 x 152 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 450 aircraft operations, an average of 37 per month: 89% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and 11% general aviation.

Remarks:

• Operating area in Hollis anchorage 1/4 mile southeast of float; boats on float.
• Boats may be tied to seaplane base dock/float ramp.

Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of HYL
(July 2010 - June 2011)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Ketchikan Harbor, AK Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base is located in the harbor of Ketchikan, a city in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this seaplane base had 37,252 passenger boardings in calendar year 2005 and 29,878 enplanements in 2006.-...	1,000	Taquan

External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF
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