# Port Protection Seaplane Base (PPV / 19P)

**Port Protection Seaplane Base** (IATA: PPV, FAA: 19P) is a seaplane base in Port Protection, Alaska, United States. It opened in May 1966. It has one runway, 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long, water. In 2025 it handled 99 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/19p

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PPV / —
- FAA: 19P
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Port Protection, Alaska, United States
- Opened: May 1966
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 56.3288, -133.6100
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Passengers: 99 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Sitka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Protection_Seaplane_Base (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4373201
- Ident: 19P

## Timeline

- May 1966: Port Protection Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NW/SE | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 1,000 ft / 305 m | Water |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 145 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 203 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 182 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 154 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 59 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 110 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 73 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 45 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 84 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 99 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [WFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ke.md) Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base · United States · 101 mi / 163 km · Taquan Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from PPV, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- K3 [Taquan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taquan-air) · 1

## Nearby airports

- [PSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papg.md) Petersburg James A Johnson Airport · 41 mi / 67 km
- [PAFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafe.md) Kake Airport · 45 mi / 73 km
- [WRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawg.md) Wrangell Airport · 49 mi / 78 km
- [KLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakw.md) Klawock Airport · 56 mi / 90 km
- [SIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasi.md) Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · 83 mi / 134 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #67

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Port Protection Seaplane Base”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Port_Protection_Seaplane_Base&oldid=1363072474), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/19p/data