Sheldon Point Airport

Sheldon Point Airport
IATA: SXP – ICAO: none – FAA LID: SXP
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Location Nunam Iqua, Alaska (formerly Sheldon Point)
Elevation AMSL 12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates 62°31′14″N 164°50′52″W / 62.52056°N 164.84778°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 3,015 919 Gravel
9W/27W 15,000 4,572 Water
18W/36W 15,000 4,572 Water

Sheldon Point Airport (IATA: SXP, FAA LID: SXP) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Nunam Iqua (formerly Sheldon Point), a city in the Wade Hampton Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. FAA records still list the location as Sheldon Point,[1] but the city was renamed Nunam Iqua in 1999.[2]

Facilities

Sheldon Point Airport covers an area of 120 acres (49 ha) which contains one runway and two seaplane landing areas:

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Era Alaska Mountain Village[3]

Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of SXP
(July 2010 - June 2011) [4]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Alaska Emmonak, AK 1,000 Grant, Hageland

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 FAA Airport Master Record for SXP (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ↑ Alaska Community Database: Nunam Iqua. Retrieved 30-Aug-2007.
  3. ↑ Hageland Aviation Services: Scheduled Flights (PDF). Retrieved 30-Aug-2007.
  4. ↑ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=SXP&Airport_Name=Sheldon%20Point,%20AK:%20Sheldons%20Point&carrier=FACTS

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