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Nelson Lagoon Airport

IATA: NLG
ICAO: PAOU
FAA LID: OUL

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region

Serves

Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

Elevation AMSL

14 ft / 4 m

Coordinates

56°00′27″N 161°09′37″W / 56.00750°N 161.16028°W

Map

NLG

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
8/26	4,000	1,219	Gravel

Statistics (2005)

Aircraft operations	302
Enplanements (2008)	290

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]^[2]

Nelson Lagoon Airport (IATA: NLG, ICAO: PAOU, FAA LID: OUL, formerly Z73) is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) east of the central business district of Nelson Lagoon,^[1] in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to Cold Bay Airport is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir).^[3]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 290 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 4% from the 302 enplanements in 2007.^[2] Nelson Lagoon Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009-2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.^[4]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned OUL by the FAA and NLG by the IATA^[5] (which assigned OUL to Oulu Airport in Oulu, Finland^[6]).

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Grant Aviation	Cold Bay, Port Moller

Facilities and aircraft

Nelson Lagoon Airport has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 302 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per month: 68% air taxi and 32% general aviation.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for OUL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 27 Aug 2009.
^ ^a ^b CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data (Preliminary). Federal Aviation Administration. Published 15 July 2009.
^ 2009 Timetables Archived 2012-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Peninsula Airways. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.
^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.
^ Great Circle Mapper: NLG / PAOU - Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.
^ Aviation Safety Network: OUL / EFOU - Oulu Airport, Finland. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.

External links

Airport diagram for Nelson Lagoon (Z73) (GIF). FAA, Alaska Region. 10 June 2004.
FAA Terminal Procedures for OUL, effective January 23, 2025
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for OUL
- AirNav airport information for PAOU
- ASN accident history for NLG
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAOU
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for OUL

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