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W55
WA57

KENMORE AIR SEAPLANE BASE

SEATTLE, WA, USA
Airport Info
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Location
Latitude / Longitude: 47°37'44"N / 122°20'19"W
  47°37.7392'N / 122°20.3243'W
  47.6290 / -122.3387
Elevation: 14.0 ft. (estimated)
Variation: 20E (1985)
From city: 01 miles N of SEATTLE, WA

Operations
Facility use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: SEATTLE
Control tower: no
Boundary ARTCC: SEATTLE
Responsible ARTCC: SEATTLE
FSS: SEATTLE [1-800-WX-BRIEF]
NOTAMs facility: SEA (NOTAM-D service available)
Segmented circle: no
Landing fee: no
International operations: customs landing rights airport

Communications
CTAF: 122.900

Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance VOR name Freq Var
SEA 354oT/11.7 SEATTLE VORTAC 116.80 19E
PAE 188oT/17.6 PAINE VOR/DME 110.60 20E
TCM 11oT/29.4 MCCHORD VORTAC 109.60 22E
 
NDB name Hdg/Dist Freq Var ID
RENTON 328oT/9.5 353 20E RNT
DONDO 356oT/16.0 224 19E ODD
KITSAP 64oT/18.8 206 20E PWT
CARNEY 57oT/24.1 274 20E CAN
GRAYE 21oT/30.7 216 18E GR
MASON COUNTY 53oT/38.0 348 19E MNC
LACOMAS 13oT/38.3 328 18E LAC

Services
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 16W/34W
Dimensions: 5000 x 500 ft.
Surface: WATER,NO SPECIAL SURFACE TREATMENT
 
Runway 16W
Runway 34W
Traffic pattern: left left
 

Operational Statistics
Annual operations: 43500
Air taxi: 35500
Local: 5500
Itinerant: 2500

Additional Remarks
  • DO NOT TAXI CLOSER THAN 200 FT FM SHORELINE EXCP IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO KENMORE AIR HARBOR.
  • ALL TAKEOFFS & LANDINGS IN CENTER OF LAKE.
  • WHEN CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY, AVOID 'ON THE STEP' OPERATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF RED BUOY.
  • CALL 425-486-1257 X2010 FOR APVL AT LEAST 3 HRS PRIOR TO ARR. DOCKING FEE.
  • APCH SURFACE DATA NOT CHECKED.
  • FUEL AVBL EMERG ONLY.
  • KENMORE AIR LAKE UNION DOCK FREQ 130.30.
  • FOR CD CTC SEATTLE APCH AT 206-214-4722.
  • FIVE TEMPO BUOYS HAVE BEEN PLACED ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH CNTRLN OF LAKE UNION, EACH SEPARATED BY APPROXIMATELY 750FT, AND MARK THE APRX LOCATION OF THE PREFERRED SEAPLANE OPR AREA. THE BUOYS HAVE A YELLOW FLASHING LIGHT THAT CAN BE ACTVT BY FIVE CLICKS ON 122.9, TO ALERT BOATERS OF AN IMPENDING SEAPLANE TKOF OR LANDING. RUN TIME ON THE LIGHTS IS 60 SECONDS. THE BUOY/LIGHT SYSTEM IS ADVISORY ONLY, AND BOATERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO CLEAR THE AREA. THE BUOYS WILL BE REMOVED WITHIN FIVE DAYS FOLLOWING LABOR DAY, OR EARLIER.
  • INCRD BOATING OPNS ON LAKE MAY 15 THRU SEP 15.
  • SPECIAL NOISE ABATEMENT RULES IN EFFECT CONTACT OPERATOR FOR PATTERN INFORMATION.
  • KITE FLYING IN PUBLIC PARK AT N END OF ARPT AND UAVS OPERATING AT THE N AND S ENDS.
  • NIGHT LANDINGS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO UNLIGHTED SMALL WATERCRAFT.

Instrument Procedures
No published instrument procedures available
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