Tazlina/Smokey Lake Seaplane Base
5AK · Tazlina, Alaska · Valdez-Chitna-Whitie County · map
Tazlina/Smokey Lake Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base in Tazlina, Alaska, 2,415 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
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What is the airport code for Tazlina/Smokey Lake Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 5AK.
Where is Tazlina/Smokey Lake Seaplane Base?
It is in Tazlina, Alaska, 2,415 feet above sea level.
Does Tazlina/Smokey Lake Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5AK
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,415 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 27E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06W/24W | 2,280 × 600 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Gulkana Airport (28 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lake Louise Seaplane Base (13 nm north), Gulkana Airport (28 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
- Lodge closed; docks NA; pvt ramp and hangar southwest of lodge.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Tazlina from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Tazlina, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base 1 since 1982 · 0 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 9,145 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5AK.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.