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.
Weather right now PAWM · observed 11:56 am AKDT (19:56 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 7 miles
- Temperature 28°F (-2°C), dew point 20°F (-7°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAWM 061956Z AUTO 33006KT 7SM CLR M02/M07 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP122 T10221067 FZRANO $
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 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
- 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.
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Aircraft registered in White Mountain from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list White Mountain, AK as the owner's town.
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.
- 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.
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.