Thorne Bay Seaplane Base

Thorne Bay Seaplane Base
Thorne Bay Seaplane Base
	IATA: KTB; ICAO: none; FAA LID: KTB;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
Serves	Thorne Bay, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates	55°41′17″N 132°32′12″W / 55.68806°N 132.53667°WCoordinates: 55°41′17″N 132°32′12″W / 55.68806°N 132.53667°W
Map
	KTB Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	1,519
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Thorne Bay Seaplane Base (IATA: KTB, FAA LID: KTB) is a state-owned public-use seaplane base serving Thorne Bay,^[1] a community in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,640 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,^[2] 2,283 enplanements in 2009, and 2,608 in 2010.^[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).^[4]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Thorne Bay Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated NW/SE with a water surface measuring 5,000 by 2,000 feet (1,524 x 610 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 1,519 aircraft operations, an average of 126 per month: 49.4% air taxi, 42.4% scheduled commercial and 8.2% general aviation.^[1]

Airlines and destinations[]

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

Airlines	Destinations
	Ketchikan^[5]
	Ketchikan^[6]
Taquan Air	Ketchikan^[7]

Carrier shares for January 2011 – December 2011^[8]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
	3,040(59.76%)
	1,860(36.49%)
Venture	190(3.75%)

Top domestic destinations (January 2011 – December 2011)^[8]
Rank	City	Airport	Passengers
1	Ketchikan, AK	Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base (WFB)	2,000

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for KTB PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
^ "Flight Schedules: Effective July 1, 2012 through August 15, 2012". Pacific Airways. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
^ "Scheduled Flights: Effective July 1 ~ August 20, 2012". Promech Air. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
^ "Summer Flight Schedule: Effective May 13 – September 15, 2012". Taquan Air. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Thorne Bay, AK: Thorne Bay Seaplane Base (KTB)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2011.

External links[]

Topographic map from USGS The National Map
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for KTB
- AirNav airport information for KTB
- ASN accident history for KTB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KTB

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[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for KTB PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.

[2] "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.

[3] "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.

[4] "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.

[5] "Flight Schedules: Effective July 1, 2012 through August 15, 2012". Pacific Airways. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

[6] "Scheduled Flights: Effective July 1 ~ August 20, 2012". Promech Air. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

[7] "Summer Flight Schedule: Effective May 13 – September 15, 2012". Taquan Air. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

[transtats.bts.gov-8] "Thorne Bay, AK: Thorne Bay Seaplane Base (KTB)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2011.

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