Seaplane Landing Area
WA13 · Chelan, Washington · Chelan County · map
Seaplane Landing Area is a private seaplane base in Chelan, Washington, 1,100 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WA13
- Kind
- Seaplane base · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,100 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2005
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10W/28W | 1,000 × 100 ft | Water |
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: Methow Valley State Airport (22 nm northeast), Lake Chelan Airport (33 nm southeast), Omak Airport (46 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Methow Valley State Airport (22 nm northeast), Lake Chelan Airport (33 nm southeast), Okanogan Legion Airport (42 nm east), Omak Airport (46 nm east).
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 Washington · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chelan from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Chelan, Washington: 28 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 piston twin. 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 Washington.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Chelan:
- North Wind Aviation LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate North Wind Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Chelan, Washington, providing aerial application services for agriculture, forestry, and firefighting across Central Washington and Oregon.
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 · 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 Chelan 39 aircraft · 28 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- North Wind Aviation LLC 6 aircraft in town
- North Wing Uum INC 3 aircraft in town
- N8372X LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Air Ex LLC 2 aircraft in town
- North Wind Aviation LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,709 since 1982 · 358 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 7 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Washington 130 landing places
- Washington 10,572 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WA13.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.