Nikaitchuq Operations Center Heliport
AA38 · Kuparuk, Alaska · North Slope County · map
Nikaitchuq Operations Center Heliport is a private heliport, 12 miles southeast of Kuparuk, Alaska, 20 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 56 by 60 feet of mats.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AA38
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Point Barrow sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2011
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 56 × 60 ft | Mats |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Deadhorse Airport (33 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Deadhorse Airport (33 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Kuparuk from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kuparuk, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,143 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AA38.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 2, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.