White Mountain Airport
WMO · PAWM · White Mountain, Alaska · Nome County · map
White Mountain Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile north of White Mountain, Alaska, 267 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,000 feet of gravel. It has 1 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 700 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,354 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for White Mountain Airport?
Its FAA code is WMO, and its ICAO code is PAWM.
Where is White Mountain Airport?
It is 1 mile north of White Mountain, Alaska, 267 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at White Mountain Airport?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,000 feet long, gravel.
Does White Mountain Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from White Mountain Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Nome, Golovin, Elim, Unalakleet, Koyuk Alfred Adams. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for White Mountain Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WMO · ICAO PAWM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 267 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: brush on the approach
- Runway 33: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Wmo and aWOS-3P | 121.45 | |
| Golovin and rco | 122.05 | Golovin · Communications provided by Nome Flight Service on frequency 122.05 (golovin rco). |
| Nome and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-560-7686.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- H24.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Tall brush in the vicinity of.
- Slopes down at runway 33 threshold northwest to southeast. South end 45 feet hyr.
- Exp turb durg approach.
- Cones, lights and reflective threshold panels.
- Cones, lights and reflective threshold panels.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 916 departures from WMO in those twelve months, carrying 3,711 passengers in 7,429 seats (50% filled), to 11 destinations on 4 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain → Nome WMO–OME | 505 | 2,048 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Fox Aircraft, LLC and 1 more |
| White Mountain → Golovin WMO–GLV | 293 | 1,321 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Fox Aircraft, LLC |
| White Mountain → Elim WMO–ELI | 45 | 131 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Fox Aircraft, LLC |
| White Mountain → Unalakleet WMO–UNK | 44 | 93 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| White Mountain → Koyuk Alfred Adams WMO–KKA | 15 | 76 | Bering Air Inc. |
| White Mountain → Ted Stevens Anchorage International WMO–ANC | 4 | 10 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| White Mountain → Shaktoolik WMO–SKK | 4 | 22 | Fox Aircraft, LLC, Bering Air Inc. |
| White Mountain → Teller WMO–TLA | 2 | 3 | Bering Air Inc. |
All 11 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 700, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 700 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in White Mountain from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list White Mountain, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,143 aircraft registered
- Nome (OME) 505 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Golovin (GLV) 293 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Elim (ELI) 45 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Unalakleet (UNK) 44 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Koyuk Alfred Adams (KKA) 15 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 4 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Shaktoolik (SKK) 4 flights in twelve months · Fox Aircraft, LLC, Bering Air Inc.
- Teller (TLA) 2 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WMO.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 2, 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.