Waterfall Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane

Seaplane

A seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibian aircraft...

 base located in Waterfall

Waterfall, Alaska

Waterfall is an unincorporated area on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States, approximately 60 miles west of Ketchikan. The primary industry was Waterfall Cannery, built in 1912 as a salmon processing facility...

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

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

. It is owned by the Waterfall Cannery Resort.

As per Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

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 records, Waterfall SPB had 2,072 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year

Calendar year

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 2008, a decrease of 7% from the 2,237 enplanements in 2007.

Facilities and aircraft

Waterfall Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated NW/SE which measures 10,000 by 1,000 feet (3,048 x 305 m). It is unattended and the dock is removed in winter months (October through March). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, it had 1,600 aircraft operations, an average of 133 per month: 94% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and 6% general aviation

General aviation

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External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF
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• Waterfall Resort