# Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base (WSB / POWS)

**Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base** (IATA: WSB, ICAO: POWS) is a seaplane base in Steamboat Bay, Alaska, United States. It opened in Apr 1962. It has one runway, 6,000 ft (1,829 m) long, water.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WSB / POWS
- FAA: WSB
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Steamboat Bay, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Apr 1962
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 55.5327, -133.6382
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,000 ft / 1,829 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Sitka
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49751229
- Weather station: PAKW
- Ident: WSB

## Timeline

- Apr 1962: Steamboat Bay Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| N/S | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | 2,000 ft / 610 m | Water |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [KLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakw.md) Klawock Airport · 22 mi / 36 km
- [KTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakt.md) Ketchikan International Airport · 76 mi / 123 km
- [WRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawg.md) Wrangell Airport · 82 mi / 132 km
- [ANN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pant.md) Annette Island Airport · 88 mi / 142 km
- [PSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papg.md) Petersburg James A Johnson Airport · 92 mi / 147 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/wsb/data