# Kake Seaplane Base (KAE / KAE)

**Kake Seaplane Base** (IATA: KAE, FAA: KAE) is a seaplane base in Kake, Alaska, United States. It opened in Dec 1949. It has one runway, 10,000 ft (3,048 m) long, water. In 2025 it handled 7 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KAE / —
- FAA: KAE
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Kake, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Dec 1949
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 56.9730, -133.9460
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 10,000 ft / 3,048 m
- Passengers: 7,333 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Sitka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kake_Seaplane_Base (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4218956
- Weather station: PAFE
- Ident: KAE

## Timeline

- Dec 1949: Kake Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NW/SE | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | Water |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 5,146 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 6,457 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 7,568 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 7,443 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 7,864 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 3,869 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 5,131 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 7,346 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 7,679 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 7,333 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [PSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papg.md) Petersburg James A Johnson Airport · United States · 40 mi / 64 km · Alaska Seaplanes
- [SIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasi.md) Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · United States · 53 mi / 86 km · Alaska Seaplanes
- [JNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pajn.md) Juneau International Airport · United States · 98 mi / 158 km · Alaska Seaplanes

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Alaska Seaplanes · 3

## Nearby airports

- [PAFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafe.md) Kake Airport · 1.6 mi / 2.5 km
- [PSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papg.md) Petersburg James A Johnson Airport · 40 mi / 64 km
- [SIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasi.md) Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · 54 mi / 86 km
- [WRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawg.md) Wrangell Airport · 69 mi / 110 km

## 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: “Kake Seaplane Base”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kake_Seaplane_Base&oldid=1366692051), revision of 29 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/kae/data