AirportsKetchikan Harbor Seaplane Base is a seaplane base serving Ketchikan, in Alaska, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is WFB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WFB
- ICAO code
- not listed
- City
- Ketchikan
- State or region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 55.3499° N, 131.6770° W
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,187 m (3,893 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WFB means Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 55.3499° N, 131.6770° W.
Runways
Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,187 metres (3,893 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 569.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E/W | 1,187 m 3,893 ft | 305 m | Water | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ketchikan International AirportKetchikan | KTN | 2 km |
| Metlakatla Seaplane BaseMetlakatla | MTM | 25 km |
| Kasaan Seaplane BaseKasaan | KXA | 50 km |
| Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane BaseHollis | HYL | 63 km |
| Thorne Bay Seaplane BaseThorne Bay | KTB | 65 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,291 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,419 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,028 km | 13 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,315 km | 9 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,458 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,591 km | 3 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,957 km | 14 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,744 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,316 km | 15 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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