Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base
WSB · POWS · Steamboat Bay, Alaska · Prince of Wales County · map
Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base in Steamboat Bay, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
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What is the airport code for Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is WSB, and its ICAO code is POWS.
Where is Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base?
It is in Steamboat Bay, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level.
Does Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
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 Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base…
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WSB · ICAO POWS
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · privately owned
- 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
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Steamboat Bay from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Steamboat Bay, AK as the owner's town.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 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 9,146 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WSB.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 30, 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.