Nikolai Airport
FSP · PAFS · Nikolai, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Nikolai Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile northeast of Nikolai, Alaska, 447 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 4,001 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 150 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,649 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Nikolai Airport?
Its FAA code is FSP, and its ICAO code is PAFS.
Where is Nikolai Airport?
It is 1 mile northeast of Nikolai, Alaska, 447 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Nikolai Airport?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 4,001 feet long, gravel.
Does Nikolai Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Nikolai Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FSP · ICAO PAFS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 447 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Mc Grath sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush on the approach
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 10 ft high 12 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | |
| Fsp and aWOS-3P | 118.325 | |
| Mc Grath Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-560-7606.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: MC Grath Airport (34 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: MC Grath Airport (34 nm west), MC Grath Seaplane Base (34 nm west).
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
- Acvt rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Brush inside of segmented crc.
- Mult lights broken entire length. Brush and grass obscured lights.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr use.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 150, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 150 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Nikolai from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Nikolai, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 1 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FSP.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 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.