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Nome Airport is a state-owned, public-use field on Alaska's Seward Peninsula, sited about two nautical miles west of the city of Nome and serving as the principal air gateway to the isolated communities of Western Alaska. With three sealed runways, an ILS approach and a mix of scheduled airline and bush-carrier traffic, it offers a straightforward but operationally busy destination for a simulator pilot exploring the far north.
Nome Airport is a state-owned public-use aerodrome operated by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, serving the city of Nome and acting as the hub for Bering Air's network of village services across the Seward Peninsula and Norton Sound region. It is also used by Alaska Airlines for scheduled service to Anchorage, making it one of the busier regional airports in the Alaska bush system. For a sim pilot, Nome offers an interesting mix of scheduled jet traffic, air taxi operations and general aviation, all set against the remote, historic gold-rush town and the wide, flat coastal terrain of Norton Sound.
The airport lies approximately two nautical miles west of the central business district of Nome, Alaska, on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula. Traffic in the area is worked by Anchorage Center, and Nome also has its own flight service station on the field. The state also operates a separate general aviation airfield, Nome City Field, about one nautical mile north of the city, which should not be confused with the main airport.
Nome has two physical runways, both hard-surfaced and lit. Runway 10/28 is 5,998 feet long, with an ILS serving Runway 28. Runway 03/21 is 5,563 feet long on the 03 threshold and 5,554 feet on the 21 threshold, also lit but without an instrument approach. Field elevation is 23 feet above mean sea level.
Weather is available on the ASOS/ATIS frequency of 119.925 MHz. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.6 MHz. Anchorage Center provides en-route control on 133.3 MHz, and a flight service station is available on 122.45 MHz. Runway 28 is served by an ILS approach.
During the Second World War the civilian Nome Airport shared its runway with the military Marks Army Airfield, which was used for the transfer of Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union and, from 1942, for the air defence of Alaska's western coast. The military installation was renamed Marks Air Force Base in 1948 and served as a fighter-interceptor forward base until those forces were withdrawn to Galena Air Force Station. Marks AFB closed in 1950, though an Air Force squadron remained based at Nome Airport until December 1956.
Nome Airport today functions as a primary commercial service airport, handling scheduled Alaska Airlines flights to Anchorage alongside an extensive Bering Air network reaching villages such as Brevig Mission, Deering, Elim, Gambell, Kotzebue, Koyuk, Savoonga, Shishmaref, St. Michael, Stebbins, Teller, Tin City, Unalakleet, Wales and White Mountain. In the twelve months to the end of 2020 the airport recorded some 27,450 aircraft operations, with air taxi and general aviation flights making up the bulk of movements alongside scheduled commercial and a small proportion of military traffic. Seventy-one aircraft were based at the field at that time, mostly single-engine types. Free parking is available on site.