Nikolai Airport

Nikolai Airport
IATA: NIB – ICAO: PAFS – FAA LID: FSP Nikolai Location of airport in Alaska
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves		Nikolai, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		441 ft / 134 m
Coordinates		63°01′07″N 154°21′30″W / 63.01861°N 154.35833°W / 63.01861; -154.35833
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
4/22	4,003	1,220	Gravel
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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]

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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for FSP (Form 5010 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 for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
4. ^ "Nikolai Airport (IATA: NIB, ICAO: PAFS, FAA: FSP)". Great Circle Mapper. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/NIB. Retrieved 26 September 2010. 
5. ^ "Saint Pierre Airport, St. Pierre and Miquelon (IATA: FSP, ICAO: LFVP)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=FSP. Retrieved 26 September 2010. 

External links

• FAA Terminal Procedures for FSP, effective 20 October 2011
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for PAFS
  • ASN accident history for NIB
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PAFS
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAFS
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for FSP