Chignik Bay Seaplane Base is a public-use
seaplane
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base serving
Chignik
Chignik (Alutiiq: ) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. It is two hundred and fifty miles southwest of Kodiak. At the 2020 census the population was 97, up from 91 in 2010.
History
On April 17, 1911, a gale blew ash ...
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a city in the
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Lake and Peninsula Borough (russian: Лейк-энд-Пенинсула, ''Leyk-end-Peninsula'') is a borough in the state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,476, down from 1,631 in 2010. The borough seat of King Salmon is l ...
of the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
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.
Facilities and aircraft
Chignik Bay Seaplane Base has two seaplane landing areas: the E/W waterway is 6,000 by 4,000 feet (1,829 x 1,219 m) and the NE/SW waterway is 10,000 by 4,000 feet (3,048 x 1,219 m). The beach is used for aircraft pull-up. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 210 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per month: 95%
general aviation
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and 5%
air taxi
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.
See also
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Chignik Airport
Chignik Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Chignik, a city in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
As per Federal Aviation Administr ...
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Chignik Fisheries Airport
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Chignik Lagoon Airport
Chignik Lagoon Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport serving Chignik Lagoon, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also known as Chignik Flats Airport.
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Chignik Lake Airport
Chignik Lake Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located at Chignik Lake, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), ...
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List of airports in Alaska
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References
External links
Diagram for Chignik Bay Seaplane Base (Z78)(GIF
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). FAA, Alaska Region. 25 Dec 2003.
Airports in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
Seaplane bases in Alaska
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