NIB — Nikolai Airport

Small airport in Nikolai, United States.
IATA code
NIB
ICAO code
PAFS
Size
small
OurAirports class
Passengers
1,846
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Nonstop routes
7
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−9 / UTC−8
America/Anchorage
Elevation
134 m
440 ft
Runways
1
Longest 1,220 m

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About NIB

Nikolai Airport is a small airport serving Nikolai, United States. It is run by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. 1,846 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 7 nonstop routes from NIB.

Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from NIB

Route Distance Passengers / year
NIB → MRI310 km 758
NIB → MCG64 km 560
NIB → FAI377 km 344
NIB → TCT85 km 128
NIB → LMA141 km 52
NIB → TAL264 km 3
NIB → KGX290 km 1

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at NIB

  • JN J&M Alaska Air Tours · 400 flights
  • 8V Wright Air Service · 190 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
MCGMcGrath Airport63 km
TCTTakotna Airport84 km
LMAMinchumina Airport141 km

Distance from NIB to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
NIB → LHR7,105 km —
NIB → DXB9,875 km —
NIB → CDG7,418 km —
NIB → FRA7,380 km —
NIB → IST8,439 km —
NIB → AMS7,086 km —
NIB → JFK5,625 km —
NIB → ATL5,732 km —
NIB → LAX4,080 km —
NIB → SIN10,458 km —
NIB → HND5,348 km —
NIB → DOH9,953 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
04/221,220 m 23 mGravel

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Nikolai, Alaska, United States · 63.0179, -154.3604

Map (OpenStreetMap) Wikipedia

Questions

Nikolai Airport has the IATA code NIB and the ICAO code PAFS. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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