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
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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
Ravn Alaska	Mountain Village[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. 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

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 for SXP at SkyVector