Nikolai Airport

Nikolai Airport (IATA: NIB, ICAO: PAFS, FAA LID: FSP) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district of Nikolai, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]

Nikolai Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
ServesNikolai, Alaska
Elevation AMSL441 ft / 134 m
Coordinates63°01′07″N 154°21′30″W
Map
NIB is located in Alaska
NIB
NIB
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 4,003 1,220 Gravel

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 364 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 21% from the 459 enplanements in 2007.[2] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FSP by the FAA and NIB by the IATA[4] (which assigned FSP to Saint Pierre Airport in Saint Pierre and Miquelon[5]).

Facilities

Nikolai Airport covers an area of 76 acres (31 ha) at an elevation of 441 feet (134 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with a gravel surface measuring 4,003 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).[1]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Tanana Air Service McGrath

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for FSP PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 29 July 2010.
  2. CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 18 December 2009.
  3. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems Archived August 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB) Archived August 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  4. "Nikolai Airport (IATA: NIB, ICAO: PAFS, FAA: FSP)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  5. "Saint Pierre Airport, St. Pierre and Miquelon (IATA: FSP, ICAO: LFVP)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 September 2010.


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