Tenakee Seaplane Base
TKE · PAJJ · Tenakee Springs, Alaska · Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon County · map
Tenakee Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base in Tenakee Springs, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. The FAA counts about 650 takeoffs and landings a year. About 555 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Tenakee Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is TKE, and its ICAO code is PAJJ.
Where is Tenakee Seaplane Base?
It is in Tenakee Springs, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level.
Does Tenakee Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Tenakee Seaplane Base?
Airline flights go to 6 airports, the busiest of them Juneau International, Angoon, Excursion Inlet, Hoonah, Pelican. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Tenakee Seaplane Base?
2 aviation medical examiners 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 Tenakee 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 TKE · ICAO PAJJ
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E/W | 10,000 × 7,000 ft | Water, fair |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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: Juneau International (40 nm northeast), Gustavus Airport (42 nm north), Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (44 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Juneau International (40 nm northeast), Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (44 nm south).
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 may be tied to spb float/ramp.
- One ramp available on float.
- Prevailing wind from east; float is not protected and subject to large swells.
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 395 departures from TKE in those twelve months, carrying 918 passengers in 3,367 seats (27% filled), to 6 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenakee → Juneau International TKE–JNU | 290 | 727 | Kalinin Aviation LLC... |
| Tenakee → Angoon TKE–AGN | 101 | 191 | Kalinin Aviation LLC... |
| Tenakee → Excursion Inlet TKE–EXI | 1 | 0 | Kalinin Aviation LLC... |
| Tenakee → Hoonah TKE–HNH | 1 | 0 | Kalinin Aviation LLC... |
| Tenakee → Pelican TKE–PEC | 1 | 0 | Kalinin Aviation LLC... |
| Tenakee → Sitka Rocky Gutierrez TKE–SIT | 1 | 0 | Kalinin Aviation LLC... |
All 6 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 650, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 150 |
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 Tenakee Springs from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Tenakee Springs, 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: 2 aviation medical examiners.
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.
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.
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- 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 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,141 aircraft registered
- Juneau International (JNU) 290 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes
- Angoon (AGN) 101 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes
- Excursion Inlet (EXI) 1 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes
- Hoonah (HNH) 1 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes
- Pelican (PEC) 1 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes
- Sitka Rocky Gutierrez (SIT) 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/TKE.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.