# Nikolai Creek Airport (9AK3)

**Nikolai Creek Airport** (FAA: 9AK3) is a small airport in Tyonek, Alaska, United States. It opened in Oct 1965. It has one runway, 4,100 ft (1,250 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/9ak3

## At a glance

- FAA: 9AK3
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Tyonek, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Oct 1965
- Elevation: 30 ft / 9 m
- Coordinates: 61.0139, -151.4490
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,100 ft / 1,250 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49748726
- Weather station: PAEN · WMO 70259
- Ident: 9AK3

## Timeline

- Oct 1965: Nikolai Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 4,100 ft / 1,250 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,100 ft / 1,250 m | =9,300 of 29,858 | =3,580 in North America | =2,981 in US |
| Elevation | 30 ft / 9 m | =40,463 of 43,403 | =18,292 in North America | =15,018 in US |
| Age | Opened 1965 | =5,474 of 15,079 | =3,849 in North America | =3,767 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-2901](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2901.md) Granite Point Airport · 3.9 mi / 6.3 km
- [TYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tye.md) Tyonek Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [BVU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pabg.md) Beluga Airport · 17 mi / 28 km
- [5AK0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ak0.md) Trading Bay Production Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [AK11](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2878.md) High Vista Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/9ak3/data