# Nikolai Airport (NIB / PAFS)

**Nikolai Airport** (IATA: NIB, ICAO: PAFS) is a small airport in Nikolai, Alaska, United States. It has one runway, 4,001 ft (1,220 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 3 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafs

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NIB / PAFS
- FAA: FSP
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Nikolai, Alaska, United States
- Elevation: 447 ft / 136 m
- Coordinates: 63.0179, -154.3604
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,001 ft / 1,220 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Passengers: 2,619 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7035731
- Weather station: PAFS
- Ident: PAFS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 4,001 ft / 1,220 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 063° / 243° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 699 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 637 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 517 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 426 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,081 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 2,154 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 1,842 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 2,266 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 2,850 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 2,619 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [MCG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pamc.md) McGrath Airport · United States · 39 mi / 63 km · Tanana Air Service

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from NIB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- Tanana Air Service · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3K (2025) | #3,091 of 3,974 | #823 in North America | #596 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,001 ft / 1,220 m | =9,600 of 29,858 | =3,783 in North America | =3,166 in US |
| Elevation | 447 ft / 136 m | =28,135 of 43,403 | =13,342 in North America | =11,186 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [AK40](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak40.md) Nixon Fork Mine Airport · 19 mi / 31 km
- [FWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12647.md) Farewell Airport · 38 mi / 61 km
- [MCG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pamc.md) McGrath Airport · 39 mi / 63 km
- [PAFL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafl.md) Tin Creek Airport · 41 mi / 66 km
- [TLF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2k5.md) Telida Airport · 43 mi / 69 km
- [TLJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/patl.md) Tatalina LRRS Airport · 51 mi / 83 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Nikolai Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Airport&oldid=1363066526), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/pafs/data