Nikolski Air Station
Nikolski Air Station | |||||||||||
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| Airporttype | Private | ||||||||||
| Owner | Aleut Corporation | ||||||||||
| Serves | Nikolski, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Location | Umnak Island | ||||||||||
| ElevationAMSL | 77ft (23m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°56′30′′N 168°50′56′′W / 52.94167°N 168.84889°W / 52.94167; -168.84889 | ||||||||||
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Location of airport in Alaska | |||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] | |||||||||||
Nikolski Air Station (IATA : IKO, ICAO : PAKO, FAA LID : IKO) is an unattended airport located in Nikolski on Umnak Island in the Aleutians West Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. This former military airport is now owned by The Aleut Corporation.[2] [1]
Scheduled commercial airline passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Current service to Nikolski is provided by Grant Aviation from Unalaska.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 165 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 219 enplanements in 2009, and 160 in 2010.[4]
History
[edit ]The airport was built in 1958 to support Nikolski Air Force Station, a Cold War United States Air Force Distant Early Warning Line radar station on Umnak Island. The station was operated by Detachment 1, 714th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron based at Cold Bay Air Force Station, near Cold Bay, Alaska. The radar station was inactivated in September 1969, ending military use of the airport. The Air Force remediated the site around 2000, removing all abandoned military structures and returning the site to a natural condition.
Facilities
[edit ]Nikolski Air Station resides at elevation of 77 feet (23 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 3,512 by 135 feet (1,070 x 41 m).[1]
Airlines and destinations
[edit ]| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Grant Aviation | Unalaska/Dutch Harbor |
Incidents and accident
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- On 29 May 1965, a Reeve Aleutian Airways Douglas C-47A (N91016),[5] during the take-off phase, stalled and crashed because a sudden wind gust caused a premature lift-off. The three crew members and the two passengers on board were not injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and left by the side at the end of the airstrip ever since.[6]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- 1 2 3 "FAA Airport Form 5010 for IKO" (PDF). FAA . . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
- ↑ www.aleutcorp.com
- ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ↑ "Reeve Aleutian Airways Douglas C-47A". Aivaition Safety. Retrieved 4 January 2021.[dead link ]
- ↑ "Saturday 29 May 1965". Aivaition Safety. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
Other sources
[edit ]- Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-1995-363) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
- Order 2004年6月20日: re-selecting Peninsula Airways to provide essential air service at Atka and Nikolski, Alaska, at annual subsidy rates of 336,303ドル and 173,603ドル per year, respectively, for the period ending June 30, 2006.
- Order 2006年5月21日: re-selecting Alaska Airlines to provide essential air service at Adak, Alaska, at an annual subsidy rate of 1,393,384,ドル and Peninsula Airways for 449,605ドル at Atka and 314,694ドル at Nikolski. The three rates extend through June 30, 2008.
- Order 2008-3-36: re-selecting Alaska Airlines to provide essential air service at Adak, Alaska, at an annual subsidy rate of 1,483,122,ドル and Peninsula Airways for 513,803ドル at Atka and 469,786ドル at Nikolski. The three rates extend through June 30, 2010.
- Order 2010年7月9日: re-selecting Alaska Airlines to provide essential air service (EAS) at Adak, Alaska, at an annual subsidy rate of 1,675,703,ドル and Peninsula Airways, Inc., for 290,780ドル at Atka and 639,008ドル at Nikolski. The three rates extend through June 30, 2012.
- Order 2012年5月20日 (May 23, 2012): selecting Grant Aviation, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Atka, Alaska, for 842,574ドル the first year and 822,445ドル the second year, and at Nikolski, Alaska, for 331,431ドル the first year and 324,998ドル the second year.
External links
[edit ]- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for IKO
- AirNav airport information for PAKO
- ASN accident history for IKO
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for PAKO
