Nuiqsut Airport

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]

Nuiqsut Airport
IATA: NUI ICAO: PAQT FAA LID: AQT
Summary
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
Map
NUI Location of Nuiqsut Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 4,343 1,324 Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 1,800
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[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
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

Busiest domestic routes out of NUI
(June 2010 - May 2011) ^[4]

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
—	Utqiagvik, AK	1,000	Frontier Flying, Hageland
—	Deadhorse, AK	1,000	Frontier Flying, Hageland

See also

• List of airports in Alaska