Nikolai Airport guide

Nikolai Airport serves the village of Nikolai, a small Athabaskan community of 89 people (2020 census) in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of interior Alaska. The state-owned, public-use airport lies about one nautical mile northeast of the village, at an elevation of 441 feet and across 76 acres.

The field has a single gravel runway, 4,001 by 75 feet, which the FAA lists as in good condition. The airport is unattended and has no control tower. Lighting includes a PAPI on both runway ends and a lighted beacon. Pilots use the common traffic advisory frequency of 122.8, and a state airport manager based in McGrath looks after the field.

Tanana Air Service flies the scheduled route to McGrath. The FAA counted 364 passenger boardings in 2008, down 21 percent from 459 in 2007. Its codes are NIB (IATA), PAFS (ICAO) and FSP (FAA).