| Nikolski Air Station | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: IKO – ICAO: PAKO – FAA LID: IKO | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Private | ||
| Owner | Aleut Corporation | ||
| Serves | Nikolski, Alaska | ||
| Location | Umnak Island | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 77 ft / 23 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8/26 | 3,512 | 1,070 | Gravel |
| 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.
Scheduled commercial airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Current service to Nikolski is provided by PenAir using a Grumman Goose G-21A.
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Nikolski Air Station has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 3,512 x 135 ft. (1,070 x 41 m).[1]
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.