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PAFS
(formerly 5NI)
Nikolai Airport
Nikolai, Alaska, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: FSP
Lat/Long: 63-01-06.8150N / 154-21-30.3650W
63-01.113583N / 154-21.506083W
63.0185597 / -154.3584347
(estimated)
Elevation: 441 ft. / 134.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 19E (2005)
From city: 1 mile NE of NIKOLAI, AK
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 99691

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: MC GRATH
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [800-478-3576]
NOTAMs facility: MCG (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: RDO-CTL
ACTVT BEACON/MIRL RY 04/22 & REIL RYS 04 & 22 - 122.8.
Beacon: white (unlighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.8
WX ASOS: 118.325 (907-293-2002)
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC ON FREQS 128.1/353.8 (MCGRATH RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
MCGr064/34.4MC GRATH VORTAC115.5019E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
TAKOTNA RIVER063/33.035019EVTR ...- - .-.

Airport Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 4/22

Dimensions: 4003 x 75 ft. / 1220 x 23 m
Surface: gravel, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: 04/22 MKD WITH CONES.
RUNWAY 4  RUNWAY 22
Latitude: 63-00.966167N63-01.261000N
Longitude: 154-22.152000W154-20.860167W
Elevation: 440.8 ft.440.8 ft.
Gradient: 0.4%0.4%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 044 magnetic, 063 true224 magnetic, 243 true
Markings: nonenone
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.20 degrees glide path)4-light PAPI on left (3.20 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: none49 ft. trees, 1404 ft. from runway, 28:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: ST OF AK DOTPF/C RGN
PO BOX 196900
ANCHORAGE, AK 99519-6900
Phone 907-269-0782
Manager: DOUGLAS LYMAN
BOX 21
MC GRATH, AK 99627
Phone 907-524-3241

Additional Remarks

CTN: RWY CONDITION NOT MONITORED; RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO USING.
PILOTS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ANNOUNCE ON CTAF PRIOR TO TAXIING ON RWY FOR DEPARTURE; LEAVING THE RWY AND WITHIN 10 NM OF THE ARPT WHEN APPROACHING TO LAND.
WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTP://AKWEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 28 August 2008 at 0901Z and 25 September 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 04   download (207KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 22   download (215KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (60KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAMC - Mc Grath Airport (34 nm W)
PAMH - Minchumina Airport (76 nm NE)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of PAFS (Nikolai Airport)
Photo by Tony Fernando
Photo taken 13-Nov-2007
from 10,000 feet

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Sectional chart
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From to PAFS

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 05-Sep-2008
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3014:30
Sunrise07:1915:19
Sunset21:1205:12
Evening civil twilight22:0106:01

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  06-Sep-2008 05:46:16
Local (UTC-8)  05-Sep-2008 21:46:16
 
METAR
PAFS 060456Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT100 11/08 A3014 RMK AO2 TSNO T01110083 SLP215 $
TAF
PAMC 
34nm W 
052340Z 060024 VRB03KT P6SM VCSH BKN050 FM1000 VRB03KT P6SM SCT050 BKN100
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