Metlakatla Seaplane Base

Metlakatla Seaplane Base
Metlakatla Seaplane Base
	IATA: MTM; ICAO: PAMM; FAA LID: MTM;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
Serves	Metlakatla, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates	55°07′52″N 131°34′41″W / 55.13111°N 131.57806°W
Map
	MTM Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	325
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Metlakatla Seaplane Base (IATA: MTM, ICAO: PAMM, FAA LID: MTM) is a state owned, public use seaplane base located in Metlakatla,^[1] a community on Annette Island in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,344 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,^[2] 3,403 enplanements in 2009, and 4,140 in 2010.^[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).^[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Metlakatla Seaplane Base has two seaplane landing areas designated E/W and N/S, each measuring 5,000 by 5,000 feet (1,524 x 1,524 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 325 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per month: 77% air taxi and 23% general aviation.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

Airlines	Destinations
Pacific Airways	Ketchikan^[5]
Promech Air	Ketchikan^[6]
Taquan Air	Ketchikan^[7]

Carrier shares for January 2011 – December 2011^[8]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Pacific	3,650(53.60%)
PM Air, LLC	2,850(41.88%)
Venture	310(4.53%)

Top domestic destinations (January 2011 – December 2011)^[8]
Rank	City	Airport	Passengers
1	Ketchikan, AK	Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base (WFB)	3,000

Accidents and incidents

20 May 2019: Taquan Air Flight 20, a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver floatplane on a regularly scheduled commuter flight from Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base, overturned in the harbor during a water landing, destroying the aircraft and killing both persons aboard. The accident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for MTM PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
^ "Flight Schedules: Effective July 1, 2012 through August 15, 2012". Pacific Airways. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
^ "Scheduled Flights: Effective July 1 ~ August 20, 2012". Promech Air. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
^ "Summer Flight Schedule: Effective May 13 – September 15, 2012". Taquan Air. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Metlakatla, AK: Metlakatala (MTM)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2011.
^ Aviation Accident Preliminary Report ANC19FA019 (Report). National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

External links

Topographic map from USGS The National Map
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MTM
- AirNav airport information for PAMM
- ASN accident history for MTM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAMM
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for MTM

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for MTM PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.

[2] "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.

[3] "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.

[4] "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.

[5] "Flight Schedules: Effective July 1, 2012 through August 15, 2012". Pacific Airways. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

[6] "Scheduled Flights: Effective July 1 ~ August 20, 2012". Promech Air. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

[7] "Summer Flight Schedule: Effective May 13 – September 15, 2012". Taquan Air. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

[transtats.bts.gov-8] "Metlakatla, AK: Metlakatala (MTM)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2011.

[NTSB_prelim-9] Aviation Accident Preliminary Report ANC19FA019 (Report). National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

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