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* [[Alaska Airlines]] used to do charter flights to Provideniya until 1998.
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==World War II==
==Military use==
Nome Airport was used as a transport base during World War II, facilitating the transit of Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union. It also was used as a defensive airfield in 1942 by the United States Army Air Force for the western coast of Alaska. Known USAAF units assigned were:
Nome Airport was used as a transport base during World War II, facilitating the transit of Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union. Known as '''Marks Army Airfield''' shared the airfield with Nome Airport. It also was used as a defensive airfield in 1942 by the United States Army Air Force for the western coast of Alaska. Known USAAF units assigned were:
* 404th Bombardment Squadron (July 18–28, 1942) (28th BG)
* 404th Bombardment Squadron (July 18–28, 1942) (28th BG)
* 56th Fighter Squadron (June 20 – October 20, 1942) (54th FG)
* 56th Fighter Squadron (June 20 – October 20, 1942) (54th FG)

Renamed '''Marks Air Force Base''' in 1948, it was used as a cold weather survival school and a fighter-interceptor forward base. Marks was too close to the USSR to operate defending fighter-interceptors, so they were pulled back to Galena Airport. Although Marks AFB closed in 1950, an air base squadron was at Nome Airport until December 1956.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 13:05, 30 December 2009

Nome Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAlaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
ServesNome, Alaska
Elevation AMSL37 ft / 11 m
Coordinates64°30′44″N 165°26′43″W / 64.51222°N 165.44528°W / 64.51222; -165.44528
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,576 1,700 Asphalt
10/28 6,001 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations28,000
Based aircraft71
Nome Airport is located in Alaska
Nome Airport
Nome Airport
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Location of Nome Airport, Alaska

Nome Airport (IATA: OME, ICAO: PAOM, FAA LID: OME) is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Nome, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]

The State of Alaska also operates Nome City Field (FAA LID: 94Z), an airfield located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the city.[2][3]

Facilities and aircraft

Nome Airport has two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measures 5,576 by 150 feet (1,700 x 46 m) and 10/28 is 6,001 by 150 feet (1,829 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending November 1, 2008, the airport had 28,000 aircraft operations, an average of 76 per day: 54% air taxi, 36% general aviation, 5% scheduled commercial and 5% military. At that time there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 72% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, 7% helicopter and 4% military.[1]

Free parking is available at the airport.

Airport Pizza

Located at the airport is a pizza restaurant named Airport Pizza. The pizza parlor is famous for its use of Bering Air flights to deliver pizza for free to far-flung Alaskan villages. [4]

Airlines and non-stop destinations

Charter flights to Russia

Military use

Nome Airport was used as a transport base during World War II, facilitating the transit of Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union. Known as Marks Army Airfield shared the airfield with Nome Airport. It also was used as a defensive airfield in 1942 by the United States Army Air Force for the western coast of Alaska. Known USAAF units assigned were:

  • 404th Bombardment Squadron (July 18–28, 1942) (28th BG)
  • 56th Fighter Squadron (June 20 – October 20, 1942) (54th FG)

Renamed Marks Air Force Base in 1948, it was used as a cold weather survival school and a fighter-interceptor forward base. Marks was too close to the USSR to operate defending fighter-interceptors, so they were pulled back to Galena Airport. Although Marks AFB closed in 1950, an air base squadron was at Nome Airport until December 1956.

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
  • Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975
  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for OME PDF, effective 2009-05-07.
  2. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for 94Z PDF, effective 2009-05-07.
  3. ^ Nome Alaska Economy and Transportation
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ Bering Air: Nome Flight Schedule (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  6. ^ Hageland Aviation Services: Scheduled Flights (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2009.


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