Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
Direction | Length | Surface | |
---|---|---|---|
ft | m | ||
9/27 | 6,300 | 1,920 | Asphalt |
17/35 | 3,876 | 1,181 | Gravel |
Aircraft operations | 60,000 |
---|---|
Based aircraft | 43 |
Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (IATA: OTZ, ICAO: PAOT, FAA LID: OTZ) is a state-owned public-use airport located on the south side of Kotzebue, a city on the Baldwin Peninsula in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
Ralph Wien Memorial Airport covers an area of 1,480 acres (600 ha) which contains two runways. Runway 9/27 has an asphalt paved surface measuring 6,300 x 150 ft (1,920 x 46 m) and runway 18/36 has a gravel surface measuring 3,876 x 90 ft (1,181 x 27 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 11, 2008, the airport had 59,860 aircraft operations, an average of 164 per day: 62% general aviation, 33% air taxi, 3% scheduled commercial and 2% military. There are 52 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single engine and 23% multi-engine.[1]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
---|---|
Alaska Airlines | Anchorage, Nome |
Bering Air | Ambler, Buckland, Cape Lisburne, Deering, Kiana, Kivalina, Kobuk, Noatak, Nome, Noorvik, Point Hope, Selawik, Shungnak[2] |
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.[citation needed]
Ralph Wien, pilot
The airport is named in memory of Ralph Wien, a native of Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, born in 1897. He and his younger brother Noel Wien, arrived in Alaska in 1924 and together founded Wien Air Alaska, the first airline in Alaska.[3][4] He died when the Bellanca aircraft he was flying crashed in full view of onlookers in Kotzebue on Columbus Day, 1930. Fr. Philip Delon, Superior general of Alaskan Catholic missions, and Fr. William Walsh, a diocesan priest from Oakland, California, who were on board, also died in the accident.[3][4][5]
The airport was dedicated in 1951 by Governor Ernest Gruening.[5]: 340
See also
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for OTZ PDF, effective 2007-07-05
- ^ Bering Air Kotzebue Schedule Retrieved Sep 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Dickson Jr., Roy; McLaren, Dorothy D. "Biographies (W-Y) of 1920s-1930s Era Alaska Bush Pilots". Roy Dickson 1930s Alaska Bush Pilot. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ a b Llorente, Segundo (1990) [1988]. Memoirs of an Alaskan Priest (PDF). Washington, D.C.: New Directions Publishing & Georgetown University Press. p. 60. ISBN 0-87840-494-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ a b Harkey, Ira (1991). Pioneer Bush Pilot. Bantam Books. pp. 291–293. ISBN 0553289195.
External links
- Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for OTZ, effective September 5, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for OTZ
- AirNav airport information for PAOT
- ASN accident history for OTZ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAOT
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for OTZ
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