Steamboat Bay
WSB · POWS · Steamboat Bay, Alaska · Prince of Wales County · map
Steamboat Bay is a public-use airfield in Steamboat Bay, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WSB · ICAO POWS
- Kind
- Airfield · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Ketchikan sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 26E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/S | 6,000 × 2,000 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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.
Aircraft registered in Steamboat Bay from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Steamboat Bay, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airfield NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airfield.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- High mtns all sides except entrance; one way OPNS-NO south operations; subject to heavy swells and squirrely winds.
- Large ocean swells common in Bay. Exposed to north wind.
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 5, 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.