Sheldon Point Airport

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Sheldon Point Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
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 / 62.52056; -164.84778
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SXP
Location of airport in Alaska
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SXP
SXP (the United States)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
1/193,015919Gravel
9W/27W15,0004,572Water
18W/36W15,0004,572Water

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]

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Facilities

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

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Grant Aviation Bethel, Emmonak [3]

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of SXP
(July 2010 - June 2011) [4]
RankCityPassengersCarriers
1 Flag of Alaska.svg Emmonak, AK 1,000Grant, Hageland

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References

  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. ↑ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=SXP&Airport_Name=Sheldon%20Point,%20AK:%20Sheldons%20Point&carrier=FACTS [ bare URL ]


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