Lake Brooks Seaplane Base
5Z9 · Katmai National Park, Alaska · Bristol Bay County · map
Lake Brooks Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by the US Dept of Interior in Katmai National Park, Alaska, 36 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
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What is the airport code for Lake Brooks Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 5Z9.
Where is Lake Brooks Seaplane Base?
It is in Katmai National Park, Alaska, 36 feet above sea level.
Does Lake Brooks 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 5Z9
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Dept of Interior
- Elevation
- 36 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALL/WAY | 5,000 × 4,000 ft | Water, excellent |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: King Salmon Airport (28 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: King Salmon Airport (28 nm west), Naknek Airport (40 nm west), Igiugig Airport (46 nm north).
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
- 32 MI east of king salmon.
- Aircraft maintain 1000 feet above ground level in the vicinity of Brooks camp. Heavy bear and human concentration.
- Large white buoys 4 feet tall in waterway are a hazard to navigation and difficult to see.
- Landing and takeoffs or taxiing within 50 yards of bears is prohibited.
- Surface operations are limited to idle maneuvers within 200 yards of Brooks camp beach on naknek Lake. Step taxi operations; initiation of takeoffs and landings within this zone is prohibited. Buoys note NO-WAKE area.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Katmai National Park from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Katmai National Park, AK as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 training center examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 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 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 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/5Z9.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.