OTZ

Ralph Wien Memorial Airport

ICAO PAOT66.8847°N 162.5990°W15 ft / 5 mMedium airport
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Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (IATA: OTZ, ICAO: PAOT) is a medium airport in Kotzebue, Alaska, United States. It opened in Sep 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,300 ft (1,920 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 116 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1947–1947
SEP 1947
OpenedRalph Wien Memorial Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27102° / 282° · LIT
LENGTH6,300 ft1,920 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
18/36194° / 014° · LIT
LENGTH3,876 ft1,181 mWIDTH90 ft27 mSURFACEGravel

Passengers per year

2015–2025
160K
154K
160K
163K
161K
66K
106K
140K
155K
127K
116K
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Routes

13 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from OTZ. From the Wikipedia article “Ralph Wien Memorial Airport” (revision of 6 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers116K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,752of 3,974 · #396 North America · #265 USLongest runway6,300 ft1,920 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,240of 29,823 · =1,115 North America · =862 USElevation15 ft5 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#41,826of 43,341 · #18,865 North America · #15,414 USAgeOpened 19472026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,942of 15,079 · =1,856 North America · =1,803 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

7 channels
ASOSASOS135.450
ATISATIS135.450
CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR119.200
CTAFCTAF123.600
FSSKOTZEBUE RDO122.200
MISCTWEB115.700
UNICUNICOM122.800