# Nuiqsut Airport (NUI / PAQT)

**Nuiqsut Airport** (IATA: NUI, ICAO: PAQT) is a medium airport in Nuiqsut, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jun 1977. It has one runway, 4,589 ft (1,399 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 7 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NUI / PAQT
- FAA: AQT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Nuiqsut, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jun 1977
- Elevation: 45 ft / 14 m
- Coordinates: 70.2100, -151.0060
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,589 ft / 1,399 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Passengers: 7,422 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuiqsut_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3015471
- Weather station: PAQT
- Ident: PAQT

## Timeline

- Jun 1977: Nuiqsut Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 4,589 ft / 1,399 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Gravel | 070° / 250° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 9,287 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 8,110 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 8,759 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 8,362 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 7,174 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 5,642 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 6,563 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 7,342 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 7,212 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 7,422 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [SCC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasc.md) Deadhorse Airport · United States · 60 mi / 96 km · Wright Air Service
- [BRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pabr.md) Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport · United States · 151 mi / 243 km · Wright Air Service

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 8V [Wright Air Service](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wright-air-service) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 7K (2025) | #2,805 of 3,974 | #704 in North America | #503 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,589 ft / 1,399 m | =7,976 of 29,858 | #2,979 in North America | #2,455 in US |
| Elevation | 45 ft / 14 m | =39,568 of 43,403 | =17,908 in North America | =14,779 in US |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =5,572 in North America | =5,476 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ANCHORAGE CNTR | 119.400 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 122.500 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.800 |
| FSS | DEADHORSE RDO | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [PALP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/palp.md) Alpine Airstrip · 9.4 mi / 15 km
- [AK20](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak20.md) CD-3 Airstrip · 15 mi / 24 km
- [42AK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1131.md) Willow ConocoPhillips Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [POLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oli.md) Oliktok Point Long Range Radar Station Airport · 33 mi / 52 km
- [UUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paku.md) Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport · 34 mi / 55 km
- [1AA1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1aa1.md) Kogru River Airport · 38 mi / 61 km

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #44

## 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: “Nuiqsut Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuiqsut_Airport&oldid=1363067486), 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/paqt/data