# Nikolski Air Station (IKO / PAKO)

**Nikolski Air Station** (IATA: IKO, ICAO: PAKO) is a small airport in Nikolski, Alaska, United States. It has one runway, 3,512 ft (1,071 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 368 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IKO / PAKO
- FAA: IKO
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Nikolski, Alaska, United States
- Elevation: 77 ft / 23 m
- Coordinates: 52.9416, -168.8495
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,512 ft / 1,071 m
- Passengers: 368 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolski_Air_Station (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4312432
- Weather station: PAKO
- Ident: PAKO

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,512 ft / 1,071 m | 135 ft / 41 m | Gravel | 090° / 270° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 508 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 334 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 280 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 323 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 304 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 116 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 198 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 313 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 298 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 339 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 368 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [DUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/padu.md) Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport · United States · 116 mi / 186 km · Grant Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- GV [Grant Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grant-aviation) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 368 (2025) | #3,471 of 3,974 | #922 in North America | #676 in US |
| Longest runway | 3,512 ft / 1,071 m | =12,500 of 29,858 | =4,955 in North America | #4,155 in US |
| Elevation | 77 ft / 23 m | #37,894 of 43,403 | #17,181 in North America | #14,300 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-0256](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0256.md) Cape Field at Fort Glenn · 50 mi / 81 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: “Nikolski Air Station”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nikolski_Air_Station&oldid=1363066540), 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/pako/data