Nuiqsut Airport | |
Iata: | NUI |
Icao: | PAQT |
Faa: | AQT |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | North Slope Borough |
City-Served: | Nuiqsut, Alaska |
Elevation-F: | 38 |
Elevation-M: | 12 |
Coordinates: | 70.21°N -151.0056°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Nuiqsut Airport |
Pushpin Label: | NUI |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
R1-Number: | 4/22 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,343 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,324 |
R1-Surface: | Gravel |
Stat-Year: | 2005 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 1,800 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Nuiqsut Airport is a public use airport located in Nuiqsut, a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by North Slope Borough.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned AQT by the FAA and NUI by the IATA.[2] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAQT.[3]
Nuiqsut Airport has one runway designated 4/22 with a gravel surface measuring 4,343 by 90 feet (1,324 x 27 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,800 aircraft operations, an average of 150 per month: 83% air taxi, 11% military and 6% general aviation.
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
— | Utqiagvik, AK | 1,000 | Frontier Flying, Hageland |
— | Deadhorse, AK | 1,000 | Frontier Flying, Hageland |