Craig Seaplane Base

Craig Seaplane Base
IATA: CGA – ICAO: none – FAA LID: CGA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Craig
Serves		Craig, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates		55°28′44″N 133°08′52″W / 55.47889°N 133.14778°W / 55.47889; -133.14778
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
N/S	10,000	3,048	Water
Statistics
Enplanements (2007)			6,300
Aircraft operations (2006)			2,254
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1][2]

Craig Seaplane Base (IATA: CGA^[3], FAA LID: CGA) is located in Craig, a city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 6,300 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, an increase of 150% from the 2,517 enplanements in 2006.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Craig Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area measuring 10,000 x 2,000 ft. (3,048 x 610 m). For 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 2,254 aircraft operations, an average of 187 per month: 78% air taxi and 22% general aviation.^[1]

Airlines and non-stop destinations

• Pacific Airways (Klawock)
• Promech Air (Klawock)
• Taquan Air (Klawock)

Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of CGA
(July 2010 - June 2011) ^[4]

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Ketchikan Harbor, AK	3,000	Taquan
2	Ketchikan, AK	2,000	Pacific, Taquan

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for CGA (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2008-07-31.
2. ^ ^{a b} Preliminary CY 2007 Passenger Boarding Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 2008-07-17.
3. ^ CGA: Craig, Alaska - Craig SPB. Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
4. ^ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=CGA&Airport_Name=Craig,%20AK:%20Craig%20Sea%20Plane%20Base&carrier=FACTS

External links

• Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIF)
• Resources for this airport:
  • Airport information for CGA at AirNav
  • Accident history for CGA at Aviation Safety Network
  • Aeronautical chart for CGA at SkyVector