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Airports · Alaska · seaplane base · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

D&C Fire Lake Flying Club Seaplane Base

D72 · Eagle River, Alaska · Anchorage County · map

D&C Fire Lake Flying Club Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base, 2 miles north of Eagle River, Alaska, 295 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.

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What is the airport code for D&C Fire Lake Flying Club Seaplane Base?

Its FAA code is D72.

Where is D&C Fire Lake Flying Club Seaplane Base?

It is 2 miles north of Eagle River, Alaska, 295 feet above sea level.

Does D&C Fire Lake Flying Club Seaplane Base have a control tower?

No, it has no control tower.

Are there flight schools at D&C Fire Lake Flying Club Seaplane Base?

3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Midnite Sun Flying Club LLC and Elmendorf Aero Club. Compare them

Where are the nearest FAA examiners to D&C Fire Lake Flying Club Seaplane Base?

16 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners 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 D72
Kind
Seaplane base · open to the public · privately owned
Elevation
295 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Anchorage sectional
In the FAA's files since
May 2003

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

NSN1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
N/S3,500 × 200 ftWater

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM123.0

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: Alaska Regional Hospital Heliport (12 nm southwest), Merrill Field (12 nm southwest), Wasilla Airport (13 nm north), Lake Hood Airport (16 nm southwest).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Birchwood Airport (4 nm north), Alaska Regional Hospital Heliport (12 nm southwest), Merrill Field (12 nm southwest), Wasilla Airport (13 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

  • Pub beaching area in southwest corner of Lake. No dock. Beach is steeply sloped, rocks on beach up to 4 in. Road within 15 feet of shore line at beaching area.
  • All other property on Lake is PVT/ NON-COML.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Eagle River from the FAA register

300 aircraft are registered to owners in Eagle River, Alaska: 279 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 4 piston twins, 4 gliders, 3 helicopters. 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:

Great Basin Aviation LLC 5Raven Girl LLC 3Kodiak Trust CO Trustee 3Stadman Tyrel W 2Osprey Island Lodge INC 2Leonard James P 2Affordable Flight Time LLC 2

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

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

Charter operators and airlines based in Eagle River:

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.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 9 for seaplanes, 3 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 15 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 8 aircrew program designees.

All 57 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
  • DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
  • DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
  • DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
  • APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.

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

2020-04-12ANC20LA043 · Cessna A185E N185RN · accident · serious injuries

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.

Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/D72.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.