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Nome Airport

ICAO PAOM64.5122°N 165.4450°W41 ft / 12 mMedium airport
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Nome Airport (IATA: OME, ICAO: PAOM) is a medium airport in Nome, Alaska, United States. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,176 ft (1,882 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 144 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Nome Airport TerminalBering Air
03/21042° / 222° · LIT
LENGTH6,176 ft1,882 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
10/28110° / 290° · LIT
LENGTH6,009 ft1,832 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
152K
152K
152K
160K
162K
67K
106K
145K
158K
142K
144K
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Routes

16 destinations · 1 country
250 km500 km750 km250 mi500 miTLA · Teller Airport · 57 mi / 91 kmWMO · White Mountain Airport · 62 mi / 99 kmKTS · Brevig Mission Airport · 64 mi / 103 kmELI · Elim Airport · 94 mi / 152 kmTNC · Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport · 103 mi / 165 kmWAA · Wales Airport · 109 mi / 175 kmWBB · Stebbins Airport · 118 mi / 190 kmSHH · Shishmaref Airport · 121 mi / 195 kmSMK · St Michael Airport · 123 mi / 198 kmKKA · Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport · 130 mi / 209 kmDRG · Deering Airport · 132 mi / 213 kmUNK · Unalakleet Airport · 146 mi / 235 kmSVA · Savoonga Airport · 163 mi / 262 kmOTZ · Ralph Wien Memorial Airport · 183 mi / 294 kmGAM · Gambell Airport · 196 mi / 316 kmANC · Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport · 537 mi / 864 kmANCGAMOTZUNKDRGKKASMKSHHWAAKTSWMOSVAELITNCTLAOME
Year-round16
TLATeller AirportUnited States · Bering Air91 km57 miWMOWhite Mountain AirportUnited States · Bering Air99 km62 miKTSBrevig Mission AirportUnited States · Bering Air103 km64 miELIElim AirportUnited States · Bering Air152 km94 miTNCTin City Long Range Radar Station AirportUnited States · Bering Air165 km103 miWAAWales AirportUnited States · Bering Air175 km109 miWBBStebbins AirportUnited States · Bering Air190 km118 miSHHShishmaref AirportUnited States · Bering Air195 km121 miSMKSt Michael AirportUnited States · Bering Air198 km123 miKKAKoyuk Alfred Adams AirportUnited States · Bering Air209 km130 miDRGDeering AirportUnited States · Bering Air213 km132 miUNKUnalakleet AirportUnited States · Bering Air235 km146 miSVASavoonga AirportUnited States · Bering Air262 km163 miOTZRalph Wien Memorial AirportUnited States · Bering Air294 km183 miGAMGambell AirportUnited States · Bering Air316 km196 miANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines864 km537 mi
Most destinationsBering Air 15Alaska Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from OME. From the Wikipedia article “Nome Airport” (revision of 20 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers144K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,677of 3,974 · #376 North America · #249 USLongest runway6,176 ft1,882 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#4,361of 29,823 · #1,161 North America · #902 USElevation41 ft12 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,738of 43,341 · =17,999 North America · =14,847 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
ASOSASOS119.925
ATISATIS119.925
CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR133.300
CTAFCTAF123.600
FSSRDO122.450
MISCTWEB115.000