Nome City Field
94Z · Nome, Alaska · Nome County · map
Nome City Field is a public-use airport, 1 mile north of Nome, Alaska, 69 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 1,950 feet of gravel. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 94Z
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 69 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 600 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,950 × 110 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 03: right-hand traffic pattern, road on the approach
- Runway 21: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.6 |
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Aircraft registered in Nome from the FAA register
113 aircraft are registered to owners in Nome, Alaska: 65 piston singles, 33 turboprops, 14 helicopters, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Pattern altitude 600 feet above ground level until clear of Nome airport traffic pattern. Pattern altitude at Nome airport 1100 feet above ground level.
- Runway 03/21 non-standard markings; marked with cones and thld panels.
- 6 inch deep recycled aspahlt chunks up to 4" diameter.
- No winter maintenance or snow removal; runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Remain north of final for runway 28 at Nome airport.
- Recommend landing runway 21 and departing runway 03 to avoid large aircraft transistioning to Nome. The common traffic frequency use strongly recommended.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.