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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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]
Facilities and aircraft
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 and destinations
| 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.
Top destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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| — |  Utqiagvik, AK
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1,000 | Frontier Flying, Hageland |
| — | Deadhorse, AK
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1,000 | Frontier Flying, Hageland |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for AQT PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ "NUI / PAQT - Nuiqsut, Alaska". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "BTS | Transtats Airports".
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for AQT, effective December 26, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for AQT
- AirNav airport information for PAQT
- ASN accident history for NUI
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAQT
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for AQT
