Nikolski Air Station

Nikolski Air Station
IATA: IKO – ICAO: PAKO – FAA LID: IKO
Summary
Airport type		Private
Owner		Aleut Corporation
Serves		Nikolski, Alaska
Location		Umnak Island
Elevation AMSL		77 ft / 23 m
Coordinates		52°56′30″N 168°50′56″W / 52.94167°N 168.84889°W / 52.94167; -168.84889
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
8/26	3,512	1,070	Gravel
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Nikolski Air Station (IATA: IKO, ICAO: PAKO, FAA LID: IKO) is an unattended airport located in Nikolski on Umnak Island in the Aleutians West Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. This former military airport is now owned by the Aleut Corporation.

Scheduled commercial airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Current service to Nikolski is provided by PenAir using a Grumman Goose G-21A.

Facilities

Nikolski Air Station has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 3,512 x 135 ft. (1,070 x 41 m).^[1]

Airline and destination

• Peninsula Airways (Dutch Harbor/Unalaska)

History

The airport was built in 1958 to support Nikolski Air Force Station, a Cold War United States Air Force Distant Early Warning Line radar station on Umnak Island. The station was operated by Detachment 1, 714th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron based at Cold Bay Air Force Station, near Cold Bay, Alaska. The radar station was inactivated in September 1969, ending military use of the airport. The Air Force remediated the site around 2000, removing all abandoned military structures and returning the site to a natural condition.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} FAA Airport Master Record for IKO (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.

• Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 363) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
  • Order 2008-3-36: re-selecting Peninsula Airways for $513,803 at Atka and $469,786 at Nikolski, through June 30, 2010.
  • Order 2006-5-21: re-selecting Peninsula Airways for $449,605 at Atka and $314,694 at Nikolski, through June 30, 2008.
  • Order 2004-6-20: re-selecting Peninsula Airways to provide essential air service at Atka and Nikolski, Alaska, at annual subsidy rates of $336,303 and $173,603 per year, respectively, for the period ending June 30, 2006.

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • Airport information for PAKO at AirNav
  • Accident history for IKO at Aviation Safety Network
  • Aeronautical chart for PAKO at SkyVector