# Nunam Iqua Airport (SXP / PAAU)

**Nunam Iqua Airport** (IATA: SXP, ICAO: PAAU) is a small airport in Nunam Iqua, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jun 1964. It has 3 runways; the longest is 15,000 ft (4,572 m). In 2025 it handled 5 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SXP / PAAU
- FAA: SXP
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Nunam Iqua, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jun 1964
- Elevation: 18 ft / 5 m
- Coordinates: 62.5206, -164.8480
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 15,000 ft / 4,572 m
- Passengers: 4,530 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Point_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4522576
- Weather station: PAEM
- Ident: SXP

## Timeline

- Jun 1964: Nunam Iqua Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09W/27W | 15,000 ft / 4,572 m | 2,000 ft / 610 m | Water |  |  |
| 18W/36W | 15,000 ft / 4,572 m | 2,000 ft / 610 m | Water |  |  |
| 02/20 | 3,016 ft / 919 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 027° / 207° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 6,516 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 5,293 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 4,443 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 4,368 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 3,707 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 1,561 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 2,053 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 3,551 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 3,405 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 3,820 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 4,530 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [EMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paem.md) Emmonak Airport · United States · 22 mi / 35 km · Grant Aviation
- [BET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pabe.md) Bethel Airport · United States · 155 mi / 250 km · Grant Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- GV [Grant Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grant-aviation) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5K (2025) | #2,945 of 3,974 | #773 in North America | #559 in US |
| Longest runway | 15,000 ft / 4,572 m | =18 of 29,858 | =5 in North America | =4 in US |
| Elevation | 18 ft / 5 m | =41,666 of 43,403 | =18,796 in North America | =15,377 in US |
| Age | Opened 1964 | =5,263 of 15,079 | =3,671 in North America | =3,589 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [AUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pauk.md) Alakanuk Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [EMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paem.md) Emmonak Airport · 22 mi / 35 km
- [MOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pamo.md) Mountain Village Airport · 48 mi / 77 km
- [SCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pacm.md) Scammon Bay Airport · 52 mi / 84 km
- [KOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfko.md) Kotlik Airport · 54 mi / 88 km
- [KSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasm.md) St Mary's Airport · 59 mi / 95 km

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #23
- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #12

## 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: “Sheldon Point Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheldon_Point_Airport&oldid=1363078460), 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/sxp/data