Willow Seaplane Base
2X2 · Willow, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Willow Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base, 1 mile northwest of Willow, Alaska, 200 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
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What is the airport code for Willow Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 2X2.
Where is Willow Seaplane Base?
It is 1 mile northwest of Willow, Alaska, 200 feet above sea level.
Does Willow Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Willow Seaplane Base?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Brooks Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Willow Seaplane Base?
14 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Willow Seaplane Base…
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2X2
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 200 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- June 2004
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13W/31W | 3,600 × 400 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Wasilla Airport (18 nm southeast), Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal (29 nm east), Merrill Field (32 nm south), Alaska Regional Hospital Heliport (33 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Willow Airport (1 nm north), Wasilla Airport (18 nm southeast), Birchwood Airport (25 nm southeast), Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal (29 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Wind indicator available at Willow airport across the road.
- Aircraft RUN-UP area at the northeast end of the lake is marked by buoys seasonally.
- A buoy has been placed approximately 200 feet from the most southern point of land on the southeast end of the lake.
- Aircraft opers are not allowed inside the 200 feet marker unless taxing to or from the shore, or taxiing to the aircraft RUN-UP area.
- Pilots should be aware of watercraft and recreational activities on the lake. A visual inspection prior to landing is recommended. Buoys are removed from lake prior to FREEZE-UP and replaced when lake thaws.
- It is recommended that all aircraft takeoff toward the south, weather conditions permitting.
- No east/west takeoffs or landings are permitted.
- No winter maintenance be alert during landing/takeoff.
- No pub dock available.
- Gravel pub ramp located on northeast shore of lake.
- No pub parking avail.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Willow from the FAA register
127 aircraft are registered to owners in Willow, Alaska: 120 piston singles, 7 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Brooks Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Willow, 1 mile away
Charter operators and airlines based in Willow:
- Andrew Airways, Inc 3 aircraft on the certificate Andrew Airways, Inc.
- Brooks Flyers LLC. 2 aircraft on the certificate
- Arctic Air, Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate Arctic Air, Inc.
- Two In the Bush Aviation Services 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Legends LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Filkill, David B 1 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
14 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 13 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 12 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 8 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 15 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 5 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 8 aircrew program designees.
- Walter Maurice Warner private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, seaplanes · Willow, AK (1 nm) · (907) 232-2560 · [email protected]
- Martin Eric Hinshaw private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Alaska Flight Academy · Wasilla, AK (18 nm) · (907) 947-4052 · [email protected]
- Ray Larue Hodges private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Wasilla, AK (18 nm) · (907) 232-6102 · [email protected]
- Stacia Joyce private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; helicopters · wasilla, AK (18 nm) · (907) 350-1001 · [email protected]
- Dean Stewart Paulson private pilot; airplanes, seaplanes · Anchorage FSDO · Eagle River, AK (28 nm) · (907) 230-9628 · [email protected]
- Rex Lee Gray private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Palmer, AK (29 nm) · (907) 841-7116 · [email protected]
- Brenton Kennedy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, type ratings; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · anchorage, AK (34 nm) · (907) 240-8707 · [email protected]
- Carol Zerbe private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Anchorage, AK (34 nm) · (907) 350-6607 · [email protected]
All 56 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Willow 127 aircraft · 120 piston singles, 7 helicopters
- Legends LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Andrew Airways INC 2 aircraft in town
- Andrew Airways, Inc 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Brooks Flyers LLC. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Arctic Air, Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Two In the Bush Aviation Services 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Brooks Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base 3 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,141 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/2X2.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.