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{{Infobox Airport
| name         = Lake Brooks Seaplane Base
| image        = 5Z9.png
| image-width  = 250
| IATA         = BKF
| FAA          = 5Z9
| type         = Public
| owner        = [[U.S. Department of the Interior]]
| operator     = 
| city-served  = [[Katmai National Park]], [[Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Lake and Peninsula Borough]], [[Alaska]], [[United States]]
| location     = 
| elevation-f  = 36
| elevation-m  = 11
| coordinates  = {{coord|58|33|17|N|155|46|39|W|region:US_type:airport}}
| website      = 
| pushpin_map = USA Alaska
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Alaska
| pushpin_label = '''BKF'''
| r1-number    = ALL/WAY
| r1-length-f  = 5,000
| r1-length-m  = 1,524
| r1-surface   = Water
| stat-year    = 2015
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data   = 1,900
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data   = 0
| stat3-header = Passengers
| stat3-data   = 10,218
| stat4-header = Freight
| stat4-data   = 236,000 lbs
| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name=FAA-master-record>{{FAA-airport|ID=5Z9|use=PU|own=PU|site=50407.3*C}}, effective 2008-07-31.</ref><ref name=FAA-2007-enplanements>[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ Preliminary CY 2007 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. 2008-07-17.</ref>
}}

[[File:Brooks River, Brooks Camp and Lake Brooks Seaplane Base.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Lake Brooks Seaplane Base on Naknek Lake, Brooks Camp, Brooks River and Lake Brooks (lower left to upper right)]]

'''Lake Brooks Seaplane Base''' {{airport codes|BKF||5Z9}} is a public-use [[seaplane]] base located near [[Brooks Camp]] in [[Katmai National Park]], in the [[Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska|Lake and Peninsula Borough]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]]. It is owned by the [[U.S. Department of the Interior]].<ref name=FAA-master-record />

As per [[Federal Aviation Administration]] records, this airport had 4,295 passenger boardings (enplanements) in [[calendar year]] 2007, an increase of 86% from the 2,304 enplanements in 2006.<ref name=FAA-2007-enplanements />

== Facilities ==
Lake Brooks Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area measuring 5,000 by 4,000 feet (1,524 x 1,219 m)<ref name=FAA-master-record /> on [[Naknek Lake]].

===Statistics===
{{Bar graph
| title = Carrier shares: January – December 2015<ref name="transtats.bts.gov"/>

| bar_width   = 28
| width_units = em
| label_type  = Carrier&nbsp;&nbsp;
| data_type   = Passengers (arriving and departing)
| data_max    = 10,300
| label1   = [[Katmai Air]]
| data1    =  10,218
| comment1 = 100.00%
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015<ref name="transtats.bts.gov">
  {{cite web
  | url = http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=RBH&Airport_Name=Brooks%20Lodge,%20AK:%20Brooks%20Lodge%20Airport&carrier=FACTS
  | title = Brooks Camp, AK: Lake Brooks (BKF)
  | publisher = [[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]] (BTS), [[Research and Innovative Technology Administration]] (RITA), [[U.S. Department of Transportation]]
  | date = December 2015 | access-date = January 14, 2017
 }}
</ref>

! Rank
! City
! Airport
! Passengers
|-
| 1
| {{flagicon|Alaska}} [[King Salmon, AK]]
| [[King Salmon Airport]]
| align=right | 5,120
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Alaska]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050119232952/http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/5Z9.gif FAA Alaska airport diagram] <small>([[GIF]])</small>
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[[Category:Airports in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Seaplane bases in Alaska]]


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