Nuiqsut Airport
AQT · PAQT · Nuiqsut, Alaska · North Slope County · map
Nuiqsut Airport is a public-use airport owned by North Slope Borough in Nuiqsut, Alaska, 45 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 4,589 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PAQT · observed 4:53 pm AKDT (00:53 UTC), 1185 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,500 feet
- Temperature 27°F (-3°C), dew point 21°F (-6°C)
- Altimeter 29.77 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:35 am AKDT (17:35 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 2,000 feet MVFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm AKDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 1,500 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAQT 060053Z AUTO 02011KT 10SM OVC025 M03/M06 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP081 T10281061 TSNO
TAF PAQT 061735Z 0618/0718 02011KT P6SM OVC020 FM070600 05006KT P6SM OVC015 AMD NOT SKED
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AQT · ICAO PAQT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- North Slope Borough
- Elevation
- 45 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Point Barrow sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1977
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 4,589 × 100 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | |
| Nuiqsut and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.4 | |
| Nuiqsut and rco | 122.5 | Nuiqsut · Communications provided by deadhorse Flight Service on frequency 122.5 (Nuiqsut rco). |
| Aqt and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.35 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-480-5577.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Nuiqsut from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Nuiqsut, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Airspace determination pending.
- Birds and caribou on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate malsf runway 05, runway end identifier lights runway 23; PAPI runway 05, 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ext 342
- 100 feet lighted tower 847 feet north of threshold.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp prior to landing.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 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.