# Friday Harbor Seaplane Base (FBS / W33)

**Friday Harbor Seaplane Base** (IATA: FBS, FAA: W33) is a seaplane base in Friday Harbor, Washington, United States. It opened in Oct 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 10,000 ft (3,048 m). In 2022 it handled 17 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/w33

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FBS / —
- FAA: W33
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Friday Harbor, Washington, United States
- Opened: Oct 1947
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 48.5373, -123.0100
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 10,000 ft / 3,048 m
- Passengers: 17,368 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Harbor_Seaplane_Base (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274697
- Weather station: KFHR
- Ident: W33

## Timeline

- Oct 1947: Friday Harbor Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03W/21W | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m | 2,000 ft / 610 m | Water |  |  |
| 12W/30W | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | 1,000 ft / 305 m | Water |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 168 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 17,368 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [W39](https://dromopedia.com/airports/w39.md) Roche Harbor Seaplane Base · United States · 8.7 mi / 14 km · Kenmore Air
- [LKE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/w55.md) Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base · United States · 70 mi / 113 km · Kenmore Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- M5 [Kenmore Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenmore-air) · 2

## Nearby airports

- [FRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfhr.md) Friday Harbor Airport · 1.2 mi / 1.9 km
- [ESD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kors.md) Orcas Island Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [YYJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyj.md) Victoria International Airport · 21 mi / 33 km
- [NUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knuw.md) Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field) · 21 mi / 33 km
- [BLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbli.md) Bellingham International Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [CLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclm.md) William R Fairchild International Airport · 37 mi / 59 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #43

## 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: “Friday Harbor Seaplane Base”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Friday_Harbor_Seaplane_Base&oldid=1365146297), 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/w33/data