birdguy Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Orbx-RTTM Alaska isn't the only place to fly off the water. Orbx NCA includes no less than ten seaplane facilities. In no particular order they are: H77 - Redding - Bridgebay Resort on Lake Shasta 5CA9 - Kelseyville - Konocti on Clear Lake T38 - Lake Tahoe - Homewood 1C9 - Hollister - Frazier Lake Airport 22CA - Sausalito - Commodore Center on Richardson Bay O06 - Oroville - Lake Oroville S74 - Stockton - Lost Isle on the delta C39 - Folsom - Folsom Reservoir 0O0 - Los Banos - San Luis Reservoir E20 - Napa - Lake Berryessa I believe there is also another seaplane facility on Clear Lake although I haven't visited it yet. Most of these will start you off at the dock. Folsom Reservoir, San Luis Reservoir, and Commodore Center leave in the water but you can taxi to a dock. Frazier Lake is an airport with a dirt runway. But it has a seaplane ditch alongside the runway with a dock for parking your plane. Now for Southern California we need a little detail and a seaplane dock at Avalon on Catalina Island. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thanks Noel. I've been to most of them but not Los Banos or Sausalito. Got some flying to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoDave Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Birdguy, thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thanks for the heads up, Noel. Looks like it's time to haul out the Kodiak w/ floats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 FWIW I've attached a text file with all water aerodromes for all North American Orbx regions plus Tongass Fjords (only those with an ICAO code) in a simple text file. I use this with Ideal Flight 10 app to generate flights only between water bases within the NA Orbx regions when I'm not using amphib craft. Orbx & Tongass Seaplane bases.txt Cheers Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTCSZ Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thanks for taking the time to produce this! Steve KGCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Great stuff! I've had the pleasure of flying to a few of these, but I'll have to check out the rest! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTCSZ Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Any way to tell which is Tongass and which is Orbx? Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTigerM Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I have an app. on my Ipad called "AirportMap" & it currently shows 493 Seaplane bases in the continental USA & Alaska. Click on the red location pin on the map & you get FAA data for the base. Very useful for planning flights. It also shows 13,156 airports, 5,709 Heliports, 118 Ultralight strips, 35 Glider Ports & 13 Balloon Ports. In Settings you can filter by the above categories. TTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thanks for the list Brent. That helps a lot when looking for a seaplane dock. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 9 hours ago, LTCSZ said: Any way to tell which is Tongass and which is Orbx? Thanks... Here is a list of bases with an airport code listed only for the Tongass region (i.e. the rest are Orbx only). Cheers Brent Tongass seaplane.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 I've been going through Brent's seaplane base list and there are a few I can't find anywhere. They don't show up in the 'go to airport' in P3D or anywhere on the internet. Does anyone know where these are? OAK1 WY3 ZAK2 ZK2 Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoDave Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 thanks for the list, Brent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTCSZ Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Thanks again! Steve KGCk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 1 hour ago, birdguy said: I've been going through Brent's seaplane base list and there are a few I can't find anywhere. They don't show up in the 'go to airport' in P3D or anywhere on the internet. Does anyone know where these are? OAK1 WY3 ZAK2 ZK2 Noel Hi Noel - good catch! I could have used some Quality control when I put this together! Originally I had gone through the KMZ in Google Earth for the regions to just identify seaplane bases but I obviously made some errors. OAK1 should have been 0AK1 (substitute the O with a zero) and is found in the southern Alaska region (Anderson Lake - gravel strip and water)....I've fixed that one and removed the other three you identified. For anyone else who might find it useful here is an updated list: Orbx & Tongass Seaplane bases.txt Cheers Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Thanks Brent, I fleshed out your list with a chart sorted by State/Province, Location, and Name of Facility. PDF file is below. One more question. Why are some Canadian seaplane bases called water aerodromes? Noel Orbx Seaplane Bases.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTCSZ Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Thanks, Birdguy! Steve KGCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregJ Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I'll utilize this - I wish also to find more seaplanes for use in P3Dv3 (a lot of the FSX ones work) sometimes with propellers that are messed up i.e. a black disc. Looking for a working (FSX) version of "The Raven" - I think it was made by Bob May - a stunner for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 8 hours ago, birdguy said: Thanks Brent, I fleshed out your list with a chart sorted by State/Province, Location, and Name of Facility. PDF file is below. One more question. Why are some Canadian seaplane bases called water aerodromes? Noel Orbx Seaplane Bases.pdf That's a nice improvement Noel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Guys, I made a mistake. There is no seaplane base at Barrow. Change AK Barrow to WA Renton. I saw Wiley Post and my fingers just automatically typed Barrow. Sorry about that. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernief Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 12 hours ago, birdguy said: Thanks Brent, I fleshed out your list with a chart sorted by State/Province, Location, and Name of Facility. PDF file is below. One more question. Why are some Canadian seaplane bases called water aerodromes? Noel Orbx Seaplane Bases.pdf Hello Noel. That file looks like it was generated using word or excel. Can you please post a copy of the file in native format so that I can sort it and make changes. Cheers Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Being and old fashion guy, Bernie, I did it on WordPerfect. Do what you will with it. Orbx Seaplane Bases.wpd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernief Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Thanks Noel. I have got it into Word and from there I have got it into Excel.as one column of text. I now have to manipulate it to get the information into individual columns. Piece of cake LOL. I will post the result when I have finished. Cheers Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 That's what we're here for Bernie. To build on each other's work and improve it. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaiolang Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 .....Ahhh...small correction in British Columbia.....it's "Sproat Lake" rather than the oft mistaken spelling,"Sprout Lake......" Long time hideout of the revered Martin Mars water tankers, as well as the "Fish and Duck Pub." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramonb Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Great idea Noel. Hello Guys. Don't forget the beautiful CBB7 Tipella Airport in British Columbia. There used to be an ORBX CBB7 freeware airport, sadly not available anymore from the download page, and it works just fine in P3D v3. Now we only need a propper Floatplane for P3D v3. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregJ Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 4 hours ago, Jaiolang said: .....Ahhh...small correction in British Columbia.....it's "Sproat Lake" rather than the oft mistaken spelling,"Sprout Lake......" Long time hideout of the revered Martin Mars water tankers, as well as the "Fish and Duck Pub." My born and raised town....only 1 waterbomber left - 1 is being converted back to original colors and will fly out to Pensacola this spring I think....the other has no contract...but still fought a bit this past summer - ironically - it sat while a large fire burned away on Dog Mountain right in front of the base (about 5 miles away...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero-3fsx Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Have been flying the fjords of Norway almost exclusively this year. Scenery is just as spectacular as southern Alaska but so few airports and seaplane bases compared with US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernief Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Hi all I have redone the file using Noel's Word Perfect version which I put into Microsoft Word and then into Microsoft Excel. I also added the Orbx region, state and country information. Whilst researching this information I found the there are a number of seaplane base/water runways/waterdromes where no scenery has been included in PNW. I have labelled these "Not in PNW". I then sorted these by the regions, state and country. The PDF version of the file can be downloaded from here https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/70462901/Orbx%20Seaplane%20Bases%20BF.pdf The original MS Excel file can be downloaded from here https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/70462901/Orbx%20Seaplane%20Bases.zip Cheers Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdguy Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Thanks Bernie. Now we have several version to choose from. Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero-3fsx Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Thanks for the effort to compile the revised list This is one noticeable thing missing in Norway, very few airports at all in such a big space When I finally get back to Alaska I will start exploring from these seaplane bases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 I know that this is over a year old, but just thought that I would mention that I am currently chasing up water landings in Australia.. waiting for the reply to an email..I will keep you informed. Teecee. PS: I have placed the only one I have found so far..it's at Rose Bay in Sydney Harbour.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadtom65 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Nice to hear from you again Noel. Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, Dadtom65 said: Nice to hear from you again Noel. Derek. Derek, The thread is a year old. Noel is no longer here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadtom65 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Dam trust me, never even looked at the date. Thanks Stuart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratocruiser Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Just stumbled on this thread. Don't know how I missed it last year. Anyhow, the links to Bernie"s Drop Box no longer work. Any chance one of you could post new links for download? Thanks, Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugdani Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 WHEN a good "LAKE" plane? A renegade or Buccaneer........??? I know, there a static, but .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 On 2/7/2016 at 0:21 PM, TigerTigerM said: I have an app. on my Ipad called "AirportMap" & it currently shows 493 Seaplane bases in the continental USA & Alaska. Click on the red location pin on the map & you get FAA data for the base. Very useful for planning flights. It also shows 13,156 airports, 5,709 Heliports, 118 Ultralight strips, 35 Glider Ports & 13 Balloon Ports. In Settings you can filter by the above categories. TTM Hi TTM, I just did search on the App Store, there's three different ones. Which one do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Here are a couple of lists that I find useful. https://www.bcfloatplaneassociation.com/placestofly/ http://www.publiclakecabinsak.com/ For those of you that do not fly in the Pacific North West go to Sky Vector and search Seaplane Base + state or country. Here is hoping that A2A releases their 64 bit FeelThere as soon as possible. Their Floatplane controls are amazing. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 On 7/16/2017 at 2:04 PM, teecee said: I know that this is over a year old, but just thought that I would mention that I am currently chasing up water landings in Australia.. waiting for the reply to an email..I will keep you informed. Teecee. PS: I have placed the only one I have found so far..it's at Rose Bay in Sydney Harbour.. Try here. http://www.seaplanes.org.au/TRAINING It appears that the Australian government considers all floatplanes as boats and they can go anywhere a power boat can go as long as you have a boat and pilots license. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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