Airports / Alaska / HWI
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
Funter Bay Seaplane Base (FNR) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Hawk Inlet Seaplane Base (HWI) is a seaplane base serving Hawk Inlet, Alaska. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into HWI for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Funter Bay Seaplane Base (FNR, 9 nm), Juneau International Airport (JNU, 15 nm), and Hoonah Airport (HNH, 21 nm).
Charter pricing from HWI depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Hawk Inlet.
Field capability
ICAO
HWI
IATA
HWI
FAA / Local
HWI
Elevation
—
Coordinates
58.1274° N · 134.7560° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Seaplane
Scheduled svc
No
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 9nmFNRFunter Bay Seaplane BaseFunter Bay
- 15nmJNUJuneau International AirportJuneau
- 21nmHNHHoonah AirportHoonah
- 26nmTKETenakee Seaplane BaseTenakee Springs
- 28nmEXIExcursion Inlet Seaplane BaseExcursion Inlet
- 35nmGSTGustavus AirportGustavus
Location
Open the full mapHWI · Hawk Inlet Seaplane Base · Hawk Inlet, AK