EL Capitan Lodge Seaplane Base
5C5 · Craig, Alaska · Ketchikan Gateway County · map
EL Capitan Lodge Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base, 29 miles north of Craig, Alaska, 14 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
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What is the airport code for EL Capitan Lodge Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 5C5.
Where is EL Capitan Lodge Seaplane Base?
It is 29 miles north of Craig, Alaska, 14 feet above sea level.
Does EL Capitan Lodge Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5C5
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Ketchikan sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2005
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15W/33W | 7,205 × 150 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: Wrangell Airport (43 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Wrangell Seaplane Base (42 nm northeast), Wrangell Airport (43 nm northeast).
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
- Located at fishing Lodge; caution for boating act in the vicinity of seaplane base.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Craig from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Craig, Alaska: 9 piston singles, 3 turboprops. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Craig 12 aircraft · 9 piston singles, 3 turboprops
- Ecliax LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 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 9,146 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5C5.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 30, 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.