Nome Airport is a civil airport owned by the State of Alaska in USA. The site is lies state-owned located 3 kilometers to the west of the business district of Nome in Alaska. The State of Alaska also operates Nome City Field Airport, an airfield 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the city.
The Nome Airport, Alaska has been coded PAOM by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) while the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has coded the Airport as OME.
The other characteristics of The Saint-Pons Airport in Alaska, USA include:
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The airport has two asphalt paved runways each of which measure about 6000 feet in length
Nome Airport offers customs service for which, prior notification is essential
The airport also boasts of having an officially published instrument approach (known as Instrument Flight Rules or IFR) procedure for the airport, which suggests that it is safe for flights to take-off from or land at Nome Airport during bad weather of inadequate light
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As many as 4 airlines operate at Nome Airport, Alaska
Every week about 3500 passengers access the airport
The shortest air-route from Nome Airport measures 58 miles
PAG with 9 seats is the smallest commercial aircraft that flies out of the airport
As recorded on 1st December, 2006, the Airport of Nome had a total of 28,000 flights, with an average of 76 daily, 54% of which consisted of air taxis, 36% general aviation, 5% scheduled commercial flights, and 5% military flights
The Nome Airport also offers free parking facility
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The following are the airlines along with the respective non-stop destinations to which they fly from the airport at Nome:
- Alaska Airlines to Anchorage and Kotzebue
- Bering Air to Gambell, Kotzebue, Savoonga, Shishmaref, Stebbins, Teller, Tin City, Unalakleet, and White Mountain
- Frontier Flying Service to Fairbanks, Deering, Elim, Golovin, Koyuk, Savoonga, Shishmaref, Teller, Wales, and White Mountain
- Hageland Aviation Services to Elim, Gambell, Golovin, Savoonga, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Stebbins, and White Mountain
In addition to this, the Nome Airport also arranges for Chartered Flights to Anadyr and Provideniya in Russia by Bering Air.
Established on 9th April, 1901, Nome lies on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula and faces a part of the Bering Sea that is known as Norton Sound. Nome is also the commercial hub of northwestern Alaska and a site for the sledge-dog race.
www.flightshotelstours.com provides detailed, online information on Nome Airport, as well as on Flights to Nome and Flights to Alaska.
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