Scotts Seaplane Base (ICAO: KCDD, FAA LID: CDD) is a public use seaplane base located in the community of Crane Lake, in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It is privately owned by Darrell Scott[1] and is also known at Scott's Seaplane Base.[2]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Darrell Scott | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Crane Lake, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,119 ft / 341 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°16′0″N 92°29′1″W / 48.26667°N 92.48361°W | ||||||||||||||
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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Scotts Seaplane Base is assigned CDD by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned CDD to Cauquira, Honduras[4]).
Facilities and aircraft edit
Scotts Seaplane Base covers an area of 5 acres (2.0 ha) at an elevation of 1,119 feet (341 m) above mean sea level. It has two seaplane landing areas: 7W/25W is 8,000 x 1,000 feet (2,438 x 305 m) and 16W/34W is 7,000 x 1,000 feet (2,134 x 305 m). For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2003, the airport had 8,000 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day: 61% general aviation and 39% air taxi.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for CDD PDF, effective 2008-04-10
- ^ Crane Lake: Scott's Seaplane Base (CDD) Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine at Minnesota DOT airport directory
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KCDD - Crane Lake, Minnesota (Scotts Seaplane Base)
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: CDD - Cauquira, Honduras
External links edit
- Scott's Resort & Seaplane Base
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for CDD
- AirNav airport information for KCDD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures