# American Lake Seaplane Base (W37)

**American Lake Seaplane Base** (FAA: W37) is a seaplane base in Tacoma, Washington, United States. It opened in Sep 1987. It has one runway, 5,500 ft (1,676 m) long, water.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/w37

## At a glance

- FAA: W37
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Tacoma, Washington, United States
- Opened: Sep 1987
- Elevation: 235 ft / 72 m
- Coordinates: 47.1415, -122.5610
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,500 ft / 1,676 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49744893
- Weather station: KTCM · WMO 74206
- Ident: W37

## Timeline

- Sep 1987: American Lake Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02W/20W | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | 500 ft / 152 m | Water |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [TCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktcm.md) McChord Air Force Base · 4.0 mi / 6.4 km
- [GRF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgrf.md) Gray Army Air Field · 4.4 mi / 7.1 km
- [TIW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktiw.md) Tacoma Narrows Airport · 8.7 mi / 14 km
- [OLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kolm.md) Olympia Regional Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 24 mi / 39 km
- [PWT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpwt.md) Bremerton National Airport · 26 mi / 42 km

## 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/w37/data