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FS2004 Scenery--Alaska North Slope 5 - Nuiqsut PAQT. The town of Barrow is in the far north of Alaska (AK), USA, and these are coastal villages or radar installations to the west, south, and now east of Barrow. There will be further additions. Nuiqsut is a mainly Inuit community on the west side of the Colville River, around 20 miles south of the coast, and with a slowly declining population of around 420 or so. The airfield is just south of the town and has a gravel runway 5,000 feet long and aligned 04-22 in FS2004. The airfield is the only year-round contact route to the rest of the world, though there are plans for a permanent road. The AI includes daily passenger flights early and late in the day, cargo deliveries, and some GA. It seems that the only photos of the airport were either of the old building or were not of Nuiqsut. The only pic seen (recently) of the new building is insufficient to model it, so this is sticking with the old/incorrect version. By Roger Wensley.