# Elfin Cove Seaplane Base (ELV / PAEL)

**Elfin Cove Seaplane Base** (IATA: ELV, ICAO: PAEL) is a seaplane base in Elfin Cove, Alaska, United States. It has one runway, 10,000 ft (3,048 m) long, water. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ELV / PAEL
- FAA: ELV
- Type: Seaplane base
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Elfin Cove, Alaska, United States
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 58.1952, -136.3470
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 10,000 ft / 3,048 m
- Passengers: 1,011 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Juneau
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfin_Cove_Seaplane_Base (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4531357
- Weather station: PAEL
- Ident: PAEL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NW/SE | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m | 1,500 ft / 457 m | Water |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 1,521 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 1,469 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 1,637 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 1,540 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 1,078 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 667 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 1,148 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 960 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 834 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 1,011 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [JNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pajn.md) Juneau International Airport · United States · 65 mi / 105 km · Alaska Seaplanes

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Alaska Seaplanes · 1

## Nearby airports

- [GST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pags.md) Gustavus Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [JNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pajn.md) Juneau International Airport · 65 mi / 105 km
- [HNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pahn.md) Haines Airport · 78 mi / 126 km
- [SIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasi.md) Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · 87 mi / 140 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #39

## 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: “Elfin Cove Seaplane Base”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elfin_Cove_Seaplane_Base&oldid=1364483983), revision of 16 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/pael/data