Sheldon Point Airport

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″N164°50′52″W / 62.52056°N 164.84778°W
Map
	SXP Location of airport in Alaska SXP SXP (the United States)
Runways
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Last updated August 25, 2025

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 Kusilvak 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:

Runway 1/19: 3,015 x 60 ft (919 x 18 m), surface: gravel
Runway 9W/27W: 15,000 x 2,000 ft (4,572 x 610 m), surface: water
Runway 18W/36W: 15,000 x 2,000 ft (4,572 x 610 m), surface: water

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Grant Aviation	Bethel, Emmonak ^[3]

Top destinations

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

References

1 2 FAA Airport Form 5010 for SXP PDF , effective 2007-07-05
↑ Alaska Community Database: Nunam Iqua Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 30-Aug-2007.
↑ "Grant Schedule". (retrieved Sep 11, 2022)
↑ "Atlanta, GA: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL)". www.transtats.bts.gov. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
Resources for this airport:
- Airport information for SXP at AirNav
- Accident history for SXP at Aviation Safety Network
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for SXP at SkyVector

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[FAA-1] 1 2 FAA Airport Form 5010 for SXP PDF , effective 2007-07-05

[2] Alaska Community Database: Nunam Iqua Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 30-Aug-2007.

[3] "Grant Schedule". (retrieved Sep 11, 2022)

[4] "Atlanta, GA: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL)". www.transtats.bts.gov. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

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