Nunam Iqua Airport guide

Nunam Iqua Airport (ICAO PAAU, FAA SXP) is a public-use airport serving Nunam Iqua, a Yup'ik village formerly called Sheldon Point. The village sits near the mouth of the Yukon River in the Kusilvak Census Area of western Alaska, and the field lies about 2.4 km east of it. The FAA records the airport as activated in June 1964. It is state-owned and classed as general aviation, not commercial service.

The land runway, 2/20, is gravel and measures 3,016 by 60 feet. Seaplanes can also use two water runways on the river, 9W/27W and 18W/36W. No staffed passenger terminal is listed. The community has no road link to the rest of Alaska, so the airstrip carries passengers, mail and freight in all seasons.

Grant Aviation and Ryan Air Service fly scheduled small-aircraft routes, mainly to Emmonak, Alakanuk and Bethel. FAA enplanement counts for the airport were 1,234 in 2019, 405 in 2020, 913 in 2022 and 999 in 2023. The nearest airport with instrument procedures is Emmonak Airport, 19 nautical miles to the northeast.