Cape Pole Seaplane Base
Z71 · Cape Pole, Alaska · Prince of Wales County · map
Cape Pole Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by L.O.G. Log CO. in Cape Pole, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
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What is the airport code for Cape Pole Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is Z71.
Where is Cape Pole Seaplane Base?
It is in Cape Pole, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level.
Does Cape Pole Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Z71
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- L.O.G. Log CO.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW/SE | 10,000 × 500 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
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
- Operg area in fishermans harbor; rocks in entrance; heavy seas are frequent.
- No longer used as logging/seaplane operations. There is line across inlet at float.
- Beach contains large rocks unsafe for seaplane floats.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Cape Pole from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Cape Pole, 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 · 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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/Z71.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.