Ketchikan Harbor
5KE · Ketchikan, Alaska · Ketchikan Gateway County · map
Ketchikan Harbor is a public-use airfield owned by Promech Air in Ketchikan, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5KE
- Kind
- Airfield · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Promech Air
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Notes
- customs available
- On the chart
- Ketchikan sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 26E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| E/W | 3,893 × 1,000 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.6 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Ketchikan from the FAA register
118 aircraft are registered to owners in Ketchikan, Alaska: 60 piston singles, 48 helicopters, 9 turboprops, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airfield; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airfield alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airfield NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Boats, ships and log debris in Harbor.
- Numerous air taxi operations in Harbor.
- Special air traffic RULES-PART 93 and standard VFR arrival and departure procedures and pattern information, see regulatory notices.
- One small public dock available.
- Contact Ketchikan radio 123.6 prior to arriving for traffic advisories.
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 5, 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.