Wrangell Seaplane Base
68A · Wrangell, Alaska · Wrangell-Petersburg County · map
Wrangell Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by the City of Wrangell in Wrangell, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas). The FAA counts about 340 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Wrangell Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 68A.
Where is Wrangell Seaplane Base?
It is in Wrangell, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level.
Does Wrangell Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Wrangell Seaplane Base?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Wrangell Seaplane Base?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
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 68A
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wrangell
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- Notes
- customs available
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 27E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW/SE | 9,000 × 360 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.6 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Notes
- customs available
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Wrangell Airport (1 nm north), Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (27 nm northwest).
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
- Service available at airport.
- Flashing light end of breakwater.
- Service available at airport.
- Be alert for heavy boat traffic in harbor; do not land in harbor.
- Boats tied to spb float ramp.
- Exposed to west wind causing waves in harbor. Recommended not leaving plane tied to face of float unatndd.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this seaplane base.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 340, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 100 |
| general aviation, travelling | 200 |
| general aviation, local | 40 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wrangell from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Wrangell, Alaska: 8 piston singles. 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.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
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 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wrangell 8 aircraft · 8 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 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/68A.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 29, 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.