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Port Alexander Seaplane Base

Port Alexander Seaplane Base
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
Serves Port Alexander, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates 56°14′49″N 134°38′53″W / 56.24694°N 134.64806°W / 56.24694; -134.64806Coordinates: 56°14′49″N 134°38′53″W / 56.24694°N 134.64806°W / 56.24694; -134.64806
Map
AHP is located in Alaska
AHP
AHP
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
N/S 3,000 914 Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 325
Aircraft operations 325

Port Alexander Seaplane Base (IATA: PTDICAO: PAAPFAA LID: AHP) is a state owned, public use seaplane base located in Port Alexander, a city at the southeastern corner of Baranof Island in the Petersburg Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 139 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 189 enplanements in 2009, and 146 in 2010. Scheduled airline passenger service is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Port Alexander is assigned AHP by the FAA and PTD by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is PAAP.


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