Airport type Public NW/SE 10,00 3,048 Water Phone +1 907-265-9650 | Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m 10,00 3,048 Elevation 0 cm Serves Waterfall, Alaska | |
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Owner Waterfall Cannery Resort Address Tongass National Forest, Hydaburg, AK 99922, USA | ||
Waterfall Seaplane Base (IATA: KWF, FAA LID: KWF) is a public-use seaplane base located in Waterfall on Prince of Wales Island in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the Waterfall Cannery Resort.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, Waterfall SPB had 2,072 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 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 and 6% general aviation.