Kake Seaplane Base
KAE · Kake, Alaska · Wrangell-Petersburg County · map
Kake Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by the City of Kake in Kake, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. The FAA counts about 60 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,517 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Kake Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is KAE.
Where is Kake Seaplane Base?
It is in Kake, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level.
Does Kake Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Kake Seaplane Base?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Juneau International, Sitka Rocky Gutierrez, Ketchikan International, Klawock, Hoonah. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Kake 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
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Kake 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 KAE
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Kake
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 27E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW/SE | 10,000 × 4,000 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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: Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (34 nm east), Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (46 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (34 nm east), Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (46 nm west).
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
- Boats operations in landing area; rocks and shoals bdrg channel; debris in water.
- Boats may be tied to spb float.
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 1,023 departures from KAE in those twelve months, carrying 3,662 passengers in 9,392 seats (39% filled), to 9 destinations on 2 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kake → Juneau International KAE–JNU | 663 | 2,617 | Kalinin Aviation LLC..., Scott Air LLC dba Island... |
| Kake → Sitka Rocky Gutierrez KAE–SIT | 247 | 834 | Kalinin Aviation LLC..., Scott Air LLC dba Island... |
| Kake → Ketchikan International KAE–KTN | 60 | 107 | Scott Air LLC dba Island... |
| Kake → Klawock KAE–KLW | 38 | 28 | Scott Air LLC dba Island..., Kalinin Aviation LLC... |
| Kake → Hoonah KAE–HNH | 8 | 41 | Kalinin Aviation LLC..., Scott Air LLC dba Island... |
| Kake → Angoon KAE–AGN | 4 | 24 | Kalinin Aviation LLC... |
| Kake → Gustavus KAE–GST | 1 | 0 | Kalinin Aviation LLC... |
| Kake → Skagway KAE–SGY | 1 | 9 | Kalinin Aviation LLC... |
All 9 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
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 60, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 60 |
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 Kake from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kake, 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 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
- 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 9,145 aircraft registered
- Juneau International (JNU) 663 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes, Scott Air LLC dba Island Air Express
- Sitka Rocky Gutierrez (SIT) 247 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes, Scott Air LLC dba Island Air Express
- Ketchikan International (KTN) 60 flights in twelve months · Scott Air LLC dba Island Air Express
- Klawock (KLW) 38 flights in twelve months · Scott Air LLC dba Island Air Express, Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes
- Hoonah (HNH) 8 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes, Scott Air LLC dba Island Air Express
- Angoon (AGN) 4 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes
- Gustavus (GST) 1 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes
- Skagway (SGY) 1 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/KAE.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 28, 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.