Bethel Seaplane Base

Bethel Seaplane Base
IATA: JBTICAO: noneFAA LID: Z59
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Public Domain
Serves Bethel, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 60°46′55″N 161°44′35″W / 60.78194°N 161.74306°W / 60.78194; -161.74306
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
NE/SW 3,000 914 Water
Statistics
Based aircraft 15

Bethel Seaplane Base (IATA: JBT[2], FAA LID: Z59) is a public use seaplane base located on the Kuskokwim River in Bethel,[1] a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

The state-owned Bethel Airport is located three nautical miles (5 km) west of this seaplane base.[3] Five nautical miles (9 km) to the south, also on the Kuskokwim River, is the Napaskiak Airport.[4]

Facilities

Bethel Seaplane Base has one waterway designated NE/SW which measures 3,000 by 500 feet (914 x 152 m). The facility is unattended. There are 15 single-engine aircraft based at this airport.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for Z59 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 22 October 2009.
  2. Airport information for JBT at Great Circle Mapper. . Accessed 21 November 2009.
  3. Distance and heading from Bethel Seaplane Base (JBT) to Bethel Airport (BET). Great Circle Mapper. Accessed 21 November 2009.
  4. Distance and heading from Bethel Seaplane Base (JBT) to Napaskiak Airport (PKA). Great Circle Mapper. Accessed 21 November 2009.

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