Kake Seaplane Base (IATA: KAE, FAA LID: KAE) is a public-use seaplane base located in Kake,[1] a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline passenger service is subsidized by the U.S. Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.
Kake Seaplane Base | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region | ||||||||||
Serves | Kake, Alaska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 0 ft / 0 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 56°58′23″N 133°56′44″W / 56.97306°N 133.94556°W | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
KAE Location of airport in Alaska | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Statistics (2006) | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a general aviation airport based on 1,598 enplanements in 2012 (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[2] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, it had 1,564 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 1,255 enplanements in 2009, and 1,440 in 2010.[4]
The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:
Airlines | Destinations |
---|---|
Alaska Seaplanes | Juneau, Petersburg, Sitka[5] |
Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
---|---|
Excursions | 3,010(100%)
|
Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Juneau, AK | Juneau International Airport (JNU) | 1,470 |