Rosario Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane

Seaplane

A seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibian aircraft...

 base located adjacent to Rosario on Orcas Island

Orcas Island

Orcas Island is the largest of the San Juan Islands, which are located in the northwestern corner of Washington state in San Juan County, Washington.-History:...

 in San Juan County, Washington, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the Rosario Resort.

Facilities and aircraft

Rosario Seaplane Base has two seaplane landing areas: 7/25 is 2,500 by 1,000 feet (762 x 305 m) and 16/34 is 10,000 by 1,000 feet (3,048 x 305 m). For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2009, the airport had 2,500 aircraft operations, an average of 208 per month: 84% air taxi

Air taxi

An air taxi is an air charter passenger or cargo aircraft which operates on an on-demand basis.-Regulation:In the United States, air taxi and air charter operations are governed by Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations , unlike the larger scheduled air carriers which are governed by more...

 and 16% general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

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External links

• Aerial image from USGS The National Map