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Encyclopedia > Alaska Seaplane Service

Alaska Seaplane Service (IATA: J5, ICAO: n/a, and Callsign: n/a) is an airline based in Juneau, Alaska, USA. It operates scheduled services around Alaska, as well as charters. Its main base is Juneau International Airport. The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Juneau redirects here. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ...

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History

The airline was established in 1954 and was formerly known as Loken Aviation. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Destinations

Alaska Seaplane Service operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Angoon, Elfin Cove, Juneau, Pelican and Tenakee. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Juneau redirects here. ... Species Pelecanus occidentalis Pelecanus thagus Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Pelecanus onocrotalis Pelecanus crispus Pelecanus rufescens Pelecanus philippensis Pelecanus conspicillatus A pelican is any of several very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae. ...


Fleet

The Alaska Seaplane Service fleet includes Cessna C-180 Skywagon and DHC-2 Beaver aircraft (at July 2005).


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Juneau International Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (183 words)
The airport also serves as a regional hub for all air travel, both bush carriers and the regional airline, Alaska Airlines with over 152,000 takeoffs and landings per year.
Alaska Seaplane Service (Angoon, Elfin Cove, Pelican, and Tenakee Springs)
Wings of Alaska (Angoon, Gustavus, Haines, Hoonah, Skagway [via Haines], and Tenakee Springs)
Alaska.com | Juneau (615 words)
Alaska Airlines provides several flights a day from Juneau International Airport to Seattle, Anchorage and other Alaska towns.
Panhandle-based airlines such as L.A.B. Flying Service and Alaska Seaplane Service, among others, provide scheduled and charter service in the area.
Juneau has a seaplane landing area at the airport and another at the harbor, down among the cruise liners.
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