Sitka Seaplane Base
A29 · Sitka, Alaska · Sitka County · map
Sitka Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by the City & Borough of Sitka in Sitka, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. It has 2 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 320 takeoffs and landings a year. About 87 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Sitka Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is A29.
Where is Sitka Seaplane Base?
It is in Sitka, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level.
Does Sitka Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Sitka Seaplane Base?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Taku Harbor. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Sitka Seaplane Base…
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.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA A29
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City & Borough of Sitka
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 27E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW/SE | 4,000 × 200 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.6 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (1 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (1 nm southwest).
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
- Be alert: numerous boats, seagulls, and other birds on and in the vicinity of spb.
- One ramp available for transient TIE-DOWN.
- Boats may be tied to spb dock/float ramp.
- Be alert: float is very slippery and in poor condition.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 34 departures from A29 in those twelve months, carrying 75 passengers in 193 seats (39% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sitka → Taku Harbor A29–A43 | 34 | 75 | Island Air Service |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 2 |
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 320, 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 | 120 |
| general aviation, local | 100 |
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 Sitka from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Sitka, Alaska: 44 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 business jet. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Sitka:
- Iditarod Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 Sitka 47 aircraft · 44 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 business jets
- Command Aire LLC 14 aircraft in town
- Lambeth Air LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Smith Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Perseverance Enterprises LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Iditarod Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Taku Harbor (A43) 34 flights in twelve months · Island Air Service
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,141 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/A29.json.
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 26, 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.