# Minto Al Wright Airport (MNT / PAAF)

**Minto Al Wright Airport** (IATA: MNT, ICAO: PAAF) is a small airport in Minto, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1975. It has one runway, 3,400 ft (1,036 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/51z

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MNT / PAAF
- FAA: 51Z
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Minto, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jul 1975
- Elevation: 500 ft / 152 m
- Coordinates: 65.1480, -149.3687
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,400 ft / 1,036 m
- Passengers: 1,292 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minto_Al_Wright_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3566035
- Ident: 51Z

## Timeline

- Jul 1975: Minto Al Wright Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 3,400 ft / 1,036 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 042° / 222° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 429 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 537 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 526 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 1,124 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 1,057 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 530 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 881 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 1,208 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 1,321 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 1,246 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 1,292 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [MLY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paml.md) Manley Hot Springs Airport · United States · 39 mi / 62 km · Warbelow's Air Ventures
- [FAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafa.md) Fairbanks International Airport · United States · 50 mi / 80 km · Warbelow's Air Ventures

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MNT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- 4W [Warbelow's Air Ventures](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/warbelows-air-ventures) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2025) | #3,258 of 3,974 | #863 in North America | #626 in US |
| Longest runway | 3,400 ft / 1,036 m | =13,111 of 29,858 | =5,333 in North America | =4,462 in US |
| Elevation | 500 ft / 152 m | #27,115 of 43,403 | #12,963 in North America | #10,849 in US |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =5,271 in North America | =5,177 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [83AK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/83ak.md) Tolovana Hot Springs Airport · 17 mi / 28 km
- [20K](https://dromopedia.com/airports/20k.md) Quail Creek Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [2Z2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2z2.md) Eureka Creek Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [LIV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4ak.md) Livengood Camp Airport · 30 mi / 49 km
- [RMP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rmp.md) Rampart Airport · 33 mi / 54 km
- [MLY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paml.md) Manley Hot Springs Airport · 39 mi / 62 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Minto Al Wright Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minto_Al_Wright_Airport&oldid=1363059220), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/51z/data