- Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
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Ralph Wien Memorial Airport 
IATA: OTZ – ICAO: PAOT – FAA LID: OTZ Location of airport in Alaska
OTZSummary Airport type Public Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region Serves Kotzebue, Alaska Elevation AMSL 14 ft / 4 m Coordinates 66°53′05″N 162°35′55″W / 66.88472°N 162.59861°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 5,900 1,798 Asphalt 17/35 3,876 1,181 Gravel Statistics (2004) Aircraft operations 59,860 Based aircraft 52 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (IATA: OTZ, ICAO: PAOT, FAA LID: OTZ) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district of Kotzebue, a city on the Baldwin Peninsula in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]
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Facilities and aircraft
Ralph Wien Memorial Airport covers an area of 1,480 acres (600 ha) which contains two runways. Runway 9/27 has an asphalt paved surface measuring 5,900 x 150 ft (1,798 x 46 m) and runway 17/35 has a gravel surface measuring 3,876 x 90 ft (1,181 x 27 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 11, 2008, the airport had 59,860 aircraft operations, an average of 164 per day: 62% general aviation, 33% air taxi, 3% scheduled commercial and 2% military. There are 52 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single engine and 23% multi-engine.[1]
Airlines and non-stop destinations
Airlines Destinations Alaska Airlines Anchorage, Nome Bering Air Ambler, Buckland, Deering, Kiana, Kivalina, Kobuk, Noatak, Nome, Noorvik, Point Hope, Selawik, Shungnak Era Alaska Noatak, Noorvik, Selawik, Kiana, Deering, Point Hope, Ambler References
External links
- Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for OTZ, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for PAOT
- ASN accident history for OTZ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PAOT
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAOT
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for OTZ
Categories:- WAAS reference stations
- Airports in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
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