# Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base (HYL / HYL)

**Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base** (IATA: HYL, FAA: HYL) is a seaplane base in Hollis, Alaska, United States. It opened in Mar 1961. It has one runway, 10,000 ft (3,048 m) long, water. In 2025 it handled 139 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hyl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HYL / —
- FAA: HYL
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Hollis, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Mar 1961
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 55.4815, -132.6460
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 10,000 ft / 3,048 m
- Passengers: 139 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Sitka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollis_Seaplane_Base (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3206602
- Weather station: PAKW
- Ident: HYL

## Timeline

- Mar 1961: Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| E/W | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m | 500 ft / 152 m | Water |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 4,171 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 4,078 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 3,932 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 3,037 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 2,539 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 387 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 460 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 257 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 251 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 202 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 139 | 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 · 39 mi / 63 km · Pacific Airways, Inc., Taquan Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

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

## Nearby airports

- [KLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakw.md) Klawock Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [KTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakt.md) Ketchikan International Airport · 38 mi / 60 km
- [ANN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pant.md) Annette Island Airport · 52 mi / 84 km
- [WRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawg.md) Wrangell Airport · 70 mi / 113 km
- [PSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papg.md) Petersburg James A Johnson Airport · 92 mi / 148 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #99

## 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))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (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: “Hollis Seaplane Base”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hollis_Seaplane_Base&oldid=1365149977), revision of 20 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/hyl/data