: an airplane designed to take off from and land on the water
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The island of Ellaidhoo is located 26 miles west of the capital, Malé, and is only accessible via seaplane or boat.
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Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Some visitors push farther still, boarding seaplanes to Dry Tortugas National Park, where Fort Jefferson rises from impossibly blue water like a mirage.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
That’s partly what drew our host, French entrepreneur David Tuchbant, to make his second home away from Paris all the way out here—atop a mossy, forested bluff an hour’s seaplane ride from Vancouver, BC.
—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2025
Set in the middle of a host of beautiful lakes, Tavares is known America’s Seaplane City because of the high number of seaplanes that take off and land from its seaplane base.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
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Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Some visitors push farther still, boarding seaplanes to Dry Tortugas National Park, where Fort Jefferson rises from impossibly blue water like a mirage.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
That’s partly what drew our host, French entrepreneur David Tuchbant, to make his second home away from Paris all the way out here—atop a mossy, forested bluff an hour’s seaplane ride from Vancouver, BC.
—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2025
Set in the middle of a host of beautiful lakes, Tavares is known America’s Seaplane City because of the high number of seaplanes that take off and land from its seaplane base.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Seaplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaplane. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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seaplane
noun
sea·plane
ˈsē-ˌplān 
: an airplane designed to take off from and land on the water
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