Tenakee Seaplane Base is a state-owned public-use

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base located in Tenakee Springs, a city on

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in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of the

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. Scheduled

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service is subsidized by the

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program. The

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for 2015-2019 categorized it as a ''

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'' airport based on 657 enplanements (passenger boardings) in 2012 (the ''commercial service'' category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year). As per the

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, this airport had 639 enplanements in

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2008, 617 enplanements in 2009, and 645 in 2010.

Facilities and aircraft

Tenakee Seaplane Base has a

landing area designated E/W which measures 10,000 by 7,000 feet (3,048 x 2,134 m). It also has a

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designated H1 with a wood surface measuring 76 by 66 feet (23 x 20 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, it had 650 aircraft operations, an average of 54 per month: 77%

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and 23%

Airlines and destinations

The following

offers scheduled passenger service:

Statistics

References

Other sources

* Essential Air Service documents
Docket DOT-OST-2006-25542
from the

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: *
90-Day Notice (August 1, 2006)
of Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc. d/b/a Wings of Alaska of intent to terminate Essential Air Service at Angoon and Tenakee, Alaska. *
Order 2006-9-17 (September 19, 2006)
allowing Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc., d/b/a Wings of Alaska, to suspend its unsubsidized scheduled service at Angoon and Tenakee, Alaska, on September 23, 2006. *
90-Day Notice (October 6, 2008)
of Alaska Seaplane Service, LLC to terminate all scheduled service at Angoon and Tenakee, Alaska. *
Order 2008-12-27 (December 29, 2008)
selecting Alaska Seaplane Service, LLC, to provide essential air service (EAS) at annual subsidy rate of $101,359 at Angoon and $63,748 at Tenakee, Alaska, through January 31, 2011. *
Order 2010-12-7 (December 3, 2010)
reselected Alaska Seaplane Service, LLC, to provide essential air service (EAS) at Angoon and Tenakee, Alaska, at annual subsidy rates of $145,734 at Angoon and $135,576 at Tenakee, from February 1, 2011, through January 31, 2015. *
Order 2011-3-18 (March 15, 2011)
amends the payout formula for Angoon and Tenakee.

External links

Topographic map
from

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