Nuiqsut Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | North Slope Borough | ||||||||||
Serves | Nuiqsut, Alaska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 38 ft / 12 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 70°12′36″N 151°00′20″W / 70.21000°N 151.00556°W | ||||||||||
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Statistics (2005) | |||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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Nuiqsut Airport ( IATA: NUI, ICAO: PAQT, FAA LID: AQT) is a public use airport located in Nuiqsut, [1] a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by North Slope Borough. [1]
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 [1] 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. [1]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Wright Air Service | Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay, Utqiagvik |
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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— | Utqiagvik, AK | 1,000 | Frontier Flying, Hageland |
— | Deadhorse, AK | 1,000 | Frontier Flying, Hageland |