Angoon Seaplane Base

Angoon Seaplane Base
IATA: AGN – ICAO: PAGN – FAA LID: AGN
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
Serves Angoon, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates 57°30′13″N 134°35′06″W / 57.50361°N 134.58500°W / 57.50361; -134.58500Coordinates: 57°30′13″N 134°35′06″W / 57.50361°N 134.58500°W / 57.50361; -134.58500
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Location of airport in Alaska

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
NW/SE 10,000 3,048 Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 1,150

Angoon Seaplane Base (IATA: AGN, ICAO: PAGN, FAA LID: AGN) is a state-owned public-use seaplane base located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Angoon,[1] a city on Admiralty Island in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[2] As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,770 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 1,750 enplanements in 2009, and 1,680 in 2010.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Angoon Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated NW/SE which measures 10,000 by 900 feet (3,048 x 274 m).[1] For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 1,150 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per month: 87% air taxi and 13% general aviation.[1]

Airline and destination

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
Alaska Seaplane Service[5] Juneau[6]
Ward Air Juneau

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2013[7]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Alaska
3,140(80%)
Ward
500(20%)
Top domestic destinations: Jan. – Dec. 2013[7]
Rank City Airport name & IATA code Passengers
2013 2012
1 Juneau, AK Juneau International (JNU) 1,610 1,660
2 Tenakee, AK Tenakee Airport (TKE) 60 20

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for AGN (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. ↑ "About Us". Alaska Seaplane Service, LLC. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Alaska Seaplane Service (also known as Alaska Seaplanes)
  6. ↑ "Flight Schedule". Alaska Seaplane Service, LLC. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Angoon, AK: Angoon Seaplane Base (AGN)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2014.

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