# Waterfall Seaplane Base (KWF / POKW)

**Waterfall Seaplane Base** (IATA: KWF, ICAO: POKW) is a seaplane base in Waterfall, Alaska, United States. It opened in Apr 1962. It has one runway, 10,000 ft (3,048 m) long, water.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KWF / POKW
- FAA: KWF
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Waterfall, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Apr 1962
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 55.2963, -133.2430
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 10,000 ft / 3,048 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Sitka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_Seaplane_Base (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2061620
- Weather station: PAHY
- Ident: KWF

## Timeline

- Apr 1962: Waterfall Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NW/SE | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m | 1,000 ft / 305 m | Water |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [KLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakw.md) Klawock Airport · 21 mi / 33 km
- [KTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakt.md) Ketchikan International Airport · 60 mi / 97 km
- [ANN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pant.md) Annette Island Airport · 68 mi / 110 km
- [WRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawg.md) Wrangell Airport · 89 mi / 143 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #28

## Sources

- [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)
- [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/kwf/data