Trident Basin Seaplane Base
T44 · Kodiak, Alaska · Kodiak Island County · map
Trident Basin Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by the City of Kodiak Public Works in Kodiak, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 14 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 5,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Trident Basin Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is T44.
Where is Trident Basin Seaplane Base?
It is in Kodiak, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level.
Does Trident Basin Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Trident Basin Seaplane Base?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Trident Basin Seaplane Base?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Kodiak Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Trident Basin 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 Trident Basin Seaplane Base…
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA T44
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Kodiak Public Works
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1997
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02W/20W | 4,400 × 200 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 119.8 | |
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- buoys, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Kodiak Airport (4 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
- Provided city of Kodiak amend city ordance to make communications at Trident Basin mandatory.
- Pilots arriving/departing Trident Basin must contact Kodiak tower for traffic advisories and/or special VFR clearance. When tower closed, pilots will SELF-ANNOUNCE on the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available with credit card.
- Birds in the vicinity of landing Basin.
- Boats occasionally use spb waterlane.
- Reef exposed at both ends of runway during low tides.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 14 |
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 5,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 5,000 |
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 Kodiak from the FAA register
102 aircraft are registered to owners in Kodiak, Alaska: 85 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 6 helicopters, 4 piston twins. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Kodiak Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Kodiak, 4 miles away Kodiak Air Service operates air charter flights from Kodiak, Alaska to southwestern Alaska destinations, carrying up to 6 passengers in a de Havilland Beaver floatplane.
Charter operators and airlines based in Kodiak:
- Island Air Service Island Air (Redemption, Inc) 12 aircraft on the certificate Island Air Service operates scheduled flights and on-demand air charters from Kodiak, Alaska, serving all six communities on Kodiak Island.
- Deckload Aviation, LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate
- Vertigo, LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate
- Fly Denali INC 4 aircraft on the certificate Fly Denali operates flightseeing tours and charter flights in Alaska, based at Healy River Airport near Denali National Park.
- Kingfisher Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate Kingfisher Aviation operates floatplane tours and charters from Kodiak, Alaska, offering guided bear viewing trips, scenic flights, and remote transportation to wilderness lodges and cabins across Kodiak Island and the Katmai Coast.
- Kingfisher Air, Inc 2 aircraft on the certificate Kingfisher Aviation operates floatplane tours and charters from Kodiak, Alaska, offering guided bear viewing trips, scenic flights, and remote transportation to wilderness lodges and cabins across the Kodiak archipelago and Katmai Coast.
- Kodiak Air Service 1 aircraft on the certificate Kodiak Air Service operates air charter flights from Kodiak, Alaska to destinations in southwestern Alaska and the Kodiak Island area.
- Sea Hawk Air, Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate Sea Hawk Air is a family-owned floatplane service based in Kodiak, Alaska, operating since 1987.
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
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner, 1 training center examiner.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- 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
- Aircraft registered in Kodiak 102 aircraft · 85 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 6 helicopters
- Wattum Investments LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Redemption INC 6 aircraft in town
- State of Alaska 5 aircraft in town
- Kingfisher Air INC 5 aircraft in town
- Island Air Service Island Air (Redemption, Inc) 12 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Deckload Aviation, LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Vertigo, LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Fly Denali INC 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Kodiak Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 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/T44.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.