# Tenakee Seaplane Base (TKE / PAJJ)

**Tenakee Seaplane Base** (IATA: TKE, ICAO: PAJJ) is a seaplane base in Tenakee Springs, Alaska, United States. It opened in Dec 1949. It has one runway, 10,000 ft (3,048 m) long, water. In 2025 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TKE / PAJJ
- FAA: TKE
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Tenakee Springs, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Dec 1949
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 57.7797, -135.2180
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 10,000 ft / 3,048 m
- Passengers: 1,880 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Juneau
- Website: http://www.tenakeespringsak.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenakee_Seaplane_Base (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4454597
- Weather station: PAOH
- Ident: TKE

## Timeline

- Dec 1949: Tenakee Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| E/W | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m | 7,000 ft / 2,134 m | Water |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 2,853 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 2,861 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 2,597 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 2,464 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 2,570 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 1,312 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 1,886 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 1,755 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 1,502 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 1,880 | 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 · 46 mi / 74 km · Alaska Seaplanes

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Alaska Seaplanes · 1

## Nearby airports

- [JNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pajn.md) Juneau International Airport · 46 mi / 74 km
- [GST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pags.md) Gustavus Airport · 48 mi / 77 km
- [SIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasi.md) Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · 51 mi / 82 km
- [PAFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafe.md) Kake Airport · 75 mi / 120 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #74

## 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: “Tenakee Seaplane Base”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tenakee_Seaplane_Base&oldid=1363082467), 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/tke/data