Nome Airport
OME · PAOM · Nome, Alaska · Nome County · map
Nome Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles west of Nome, Alaska, 41 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 6,176 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now PAOM · observed 10:53 am AKDT (18:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 31°F (-1°C), dew point 20°F (-7°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:35 am AKDT (17:35 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 1:00 pm AKDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the north at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 7:00 am AKDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the north at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 500 feet, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAOM 061853Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR M01/M07 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T10061067 TSNO
TAF PAOM 061735Z 0618/0718 34005KT P6SM SCT100 FM062100 35010KT P6SM SCT100 FM071500 35005KT P6SM FEW005 SCT100
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OME · ICAO PAOM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 41 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,100 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 6:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 6,176 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 6,009 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 600 ft, 5,576 ft available for landing, road 37 ft high 528 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 601 ft, 5,576 ft available for landing, pole 69 ft high 2,150 ft from the end
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left, hill 18 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 28: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), hill 80 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Ome and flight Service · Nome and rco | 123.6 | Nome |
| Ome and automated weather (ASOS) · Ome and flight Service | 119.925 | Nome · Afis frequency 119.925. |
| Ome and flight Service · Nome and rco | 121.5 | Nome |
| Ome and flight Service · Nome and rco | 122.2 | Nome |
| Ome and flight Service · Nome and rco | 122.45 | Nome |
| Nome and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-443-4818.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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 · 13 since 1982, 2 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
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) service durg air carrier operations only; air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats prior permission required in writing - amgr PO box 1048 Nome AK 99762.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 28; runway end identifier lights runway 03 &10; PAPI runway 03, 10, and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 21 PAPI operates continuously.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 200 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 28
- Available hours vrb - aft hour amgr.
- 30 in above gnd.
- 30 in above gnd.
- Approach slope 26:1 due to 35 feet road 1128 feet from dthr.
- Approach slope 34:1 due to 69 feet pole 1550 feet from dthr.
- PAPI unusable beyond 2 NM from threshold due to rapidly rising trrn.
- Airfield maintenance services available 0700 -1730; aft hour - amgr.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport SEP-OCT and MAY-JUN.
- Runway 21 and 28 arrival mntn traffic pattern altitude until fnl.
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.