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Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base

Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base is a privately owned, public use seaplane base located at the harbor of , a city in the of the U.S. state of .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Also known as: “WFB”
  • Address: AK

Places of Interest

Highlights include First Lutheran Church and Ketchikan Federal Building.

Church
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The in is a historic church at 1200 Tongass Avenue. It was designed by architect W.G. Brust of Seattle and was built in 1930 by Ketchikan local builder Carl Foss.

Government office
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The is a courthouse of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, located at 648 Mission Street in Ketchikan, .

Historic site
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The encompasses what was historically the southern portion of . It extends along Stedman and Thomas Streets, from Ketchikan Creek in the north to East Street in the south, and includes a few properties on adjacent spur side streets.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ketchikan and Saxman.

Photo: Jimijames, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a scenic town of approximately 14,000 people along the Tongass Narrows, at the foot of Deer Mountain, on Revillagigedo Island in . It is the southernmost and fourth largest city in .

Village
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is a town on in in southeastern , United States. At the 2010 census the population was 411, down from 431 in 2000. The city of lies just to its northwest.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , Alaska, United States. Its elevation is 164 feet. It has a with the ZIP Code 99928. is situated 5 miles northwest of Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base.

Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base

Latitude
55.34578° or 55° 20′ 45″ north
Longitude
-131.6642° or 131° 39′ 51″ west
Elevation
1,220 feet (372 metres)
IATA airport code
WFB
FAA airport code
5KE
Open location code
947C88WP+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042013287
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
5554436
Wiki­data ID
Q4219856
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Satellite Map

Discover Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base”
  • Chinese: “克奇坎水上飛機基地”
  • Chinese: “克奇坎水上飞机基地”
  • Chinese: “克奇坎港水上飛機基地”
  • Chinese: “克奇坎港水上飞机基地”
  • Chinese: “科奇坎港水上飛機基地”
  • Chinese: “科奇坎港水上飞机基地”
  • French: “5KE”
  • French: “aérodrome de Ketchikan Harbor”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Ketchikan Harbor”
  • Indonesian: “WFB”
  • Persian: “پایگاه آب‌نشین کچیکن هاربر”
  • Persian: “کچیکن هاربر پایگاه آب نشین”
  • Russian: “Гидроаэропорт Кетчикан-Харбор”
  • Russian: “Кетчикан-Харбор (гидроаэропорт)”
  • Russian: “Кетчикан-Харбор”
  • Tajik: “Кчикн ҳорбр пойгоҳи об‌ншстн”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Обии Кечикан Ҳарбор”

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Explore places such as Shoreline Drive and Peninsula Point.

Notable Places Nearby

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