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 / 62.52056; -164.84778
Map
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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]

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

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

Busiest domestic routes out of SXP
(July 2010 - June 2011) ^[4]

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Emmonak, AK	1,000	Grant, Hageland

• List of airports in Alaska

• 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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