Kake Seaplane Base
Airport
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Kake Seaplane Base (IATA: KAE, FAA LID: KAE) is a public-use seaplane base located in Kake,[1] a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline passenger service is subsidized by the U.S. Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kake, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 0 ft / 0 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°58′23″N 133°56′44″W | ||||||||||
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  KAE Location of airport in Alaska | |||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a general aviation airport based on 1,598 enplanements in 2012 (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[2] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, it had 1,564 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 1,255 enplanements in 2009, and 1,440 in 2010.[4]
Airlines and destinations
The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Alaska Seaplanes | Juneau, Petersburg, Sitka[5] |
Statistics
| Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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| Excursions |
| Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
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| 1 | Juneau, AK | Juneau International Airport (JNU) | 1,470 |
