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Nunam Iqua Airport

SXP · PAAU · Nunam Iqua, Alaska · Kusilvak County · map

Nunam Iqua Airport is a public-use airport in Nunam Iqua, Alaska, 18 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,016 feet of gravel. It has 2 water landing areas.

The airport

Codes
FAA SXP · ICAO PAAU
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Elevation
18 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
Bethel sectional
Magnetic variation
8E
In the FAA's files since
June 1964

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 3

09W27W18W36W0220N5,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
09W/27W15,000 × 2,000 ftWater
18W/36W15,000 × 2,000 ftWater
02/203,016 × 60 ftGravel, fairMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 02: brush on the approach
  • Runway 20: brush on the approach

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9 · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.

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Aircraft registered in Nunam Iqua from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Nunam Iqua, AK as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal

1999-07-29ANC99LA098 · Cessna 172 N79169 · accident · no injuries
1994-06-29ANC94LA072 · Piper Pa-31-350 N41185 · accident · no injuries
1992-08-30ANC92IA147 · Short Brothers Sh-7 N53NS · incident · no injuries

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

  • Rotating beacon on continuously.
  • Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Soft durg rain and spring breakup.
  • Runway 02/20 condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
  • Ctn: floatplane traffic uses river north of airport.
  • Water lanes elev 0.0 feet; unmnt or mntnd; exp strong winds when 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.