# Mertarvik Airport (WWT / PAEW)

**Mertarvik Airport** (IATA: WWT, ICAO: PAEW) is a small airport in Mertarvik, Alaska, United States. It opened in Sep 1976. It has one runway, 3,300 ft (1,006 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 7 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/paew

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WWT / PAEW
- FAA: EWU
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Mertarvik, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Sep 1976
- Elevation: 345 ft / 105 m
- Coordinates: 60.8104, -164.4995
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,300 ft / 1,006 m
- Passengers: 6,735 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtok_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4328379
- Weather station: PAOO
- Ident: PAEW

## Timeline

- Sep 1976: Mertarvik Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,300 ft / 1,006 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 130° / 310° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 11,468 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 9,983 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 8,047 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 7,060 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 7,229 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,760 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 2,534 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 3,707 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 5,263 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 5,856 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 6,735 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [BET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pabe.md) Bethel Airport · United States · 89 mi / 144 km · Grant Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- GV [Grant Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grant-aviation) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 7K (2025) | #2,846 of 3,974 | #726 in North America | #522 in US |
| Longest runway | 3,300 ft / 1,006 m | =13,435 of 29,858 | =5,554 in North America | =4,661 in US |
| Elevation | 345 ft / 105 m | =30,241 of 43,403 | =14,077 in North America | =11,848 in US |
| Age | Opened 1976 | =7,360 of 15,079 | =5,411 in North America | =5,315 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [F02](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfme.md) Mertarvik Quarry Road Landing Strip · 0.9 mi / 1.4 km
- [NME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pagt.md) Nightmute Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [OOK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paoo.md) Toksook Bay Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [TNK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4ka.md) Tununak Airport · 30 mi / 49 km
- [CYF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pack.md) Chefornak Airport · 47 mi / 76 km
- [VAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pava.md) Chevak Airport · 62 mi / 100 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))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (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: “Newtok Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Newtok_Airport&oldid=1363066272), 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/paew/data