# White Mountain Airport (WMO / PAWM)

**White Mountain Airport** (IATA: WMO, ICAO: PAWM) is a small airport in White Mountain, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1951. It has one runway, 3,000 ft (914 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/pawm

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WMO / PAWM
- FAA: WMO
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: White Mountain, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jul 1951
- Elevation: 267 ft / 82 m
- Coordinates: 64.6892, -163.4130
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 ft / 914 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Passengers: 7,333 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountain_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4468436
- Weather station: PAWM
- Ident: PAWM

## Timeline

- Jul 1951: White Mountain Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 164° / 344° | yes |

- 15/33 slopes 1.5%: threshold 15 at 222 ft / 68 m, threshold 33 at 267 ft / 82 m.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 8,148 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 7,686 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 7,949 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 7,897 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 7,117 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 3,509 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 5,244 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 7,019 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 7,007 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 6,822 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 7,333 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [GLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pagl.md) Golovin Airport · United States · 16 mi / 25 km · Bering Air
- [OME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paom.md) Nome Airport · United States · 62 mi / 99 km · Bering Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 8E [Bering Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bering-air) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 7K (2025) | #2,809 of 3,974 | #706 in North America | #505 in US |
| Longest runway | 3,000 ft / 914 m | =15,843 of 29,858 | =6,443 in North America | =5,447 in US |
| Elevation | 267 ft / 82 m | #32,162 of 43,403 | #14,761 in North America | #12,436 in US |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =2,596 in North America | =2,536 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [GLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pagl.md) Golovin Airport · 15 mi / 25 km
- [CIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k29.md) Council Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [SOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak26.md) Solomon State Field · 32 mi / 51 km
- [ELI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfel.md) Elim Airport · 34 mi / 55 km
- [MOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mos.md) Moses Point Airport · 40 mi / 64 km
- [Z81](https://dromopedia.com/airports/z81.md) Salmon Lake Airport · 49 mi / 80 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: “White Mountain Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Mountain_Airport&oldid=1363087559), 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/pawm/data