Sitka Seaplane Base
Sitka Seaplane Base is a public use seaplane base owned by and located in Sitka, a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sitka Camp No. 1 and Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church.
Sitka Camp No. 1
Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall, or Sitka Camp No. 1, is significant for being the original chapter of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, an Alaska-wide Native organization.
Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church
Church
Photo: Barek, Public domain.
St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in Sitka, Alaska. The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia, though this structure burned down in 1966.
Castle Hill
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Castle Hill also known as the American Flag-Raising Site and now as the Baranof Castle State Historic Site, is a National Historic Landmark and state park in Sitka, Alaska.
Sitka Seaplane Base
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Alaska, United States of America
- Categories: seaplane base, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Sitka, Southeastern Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.05198° or 57° 3′ 7″ northLongitude
-135.34505° or 135° 20′ 42″ westOpen location code
94963M23+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 13911058728OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
5557299Wikidata ID
Q7531935
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In Other Languages
“Sitka Seaplane Base” goes by many names.
- French: “A29”
- French: “aérodrome de Sitka”
- French: “Aérodrome de Sitka”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sitka Seaplane Base and USCGC Kukui.
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