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 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
- On the chart
- Mc Grath sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Nikolai from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Nikolai, AK as the owner's town.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.