Ralph Wenz Field

Coordinates: 42°47′44″N 109°48′26″W / 42.79556°N 109.80722°W / 42.79556; -109.80722
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Ralph Wenz Field
  • AMSL
7,096 ft / 2,163 m
Coordinates42°47′44″N 109°48′26″W / 42.79556°N 109.80722°W / 42.79556; -109.80722
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 8,900 2,713 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 6/30/2022)3,946

Ralph Wenz Field (IATA: PWY, ICAO: KPNA, FAA LID: PNA) is a town-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) southeast of the central business district of the town of Pinedale in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PNA by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned PNA to Pamplona Airport in Pamplona, Spain[3]).

Ralph Wenz Field is named after Staff Sgt. Ralph Wenz of the United States Army Air Corps. Originally from Nebraska, Wenz moved to Wyoming before the war where he learned to fly airplanes,

Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.[6][7][8] His remains were found by a recovery team in October 1944.[9]

Facilities and aircraft

Ralph Wenz Field covers an area of 485

mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway
designated 11/29 which measures 8,900 by 100 feet (2,713 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2022, the airport had 3,946 aircraft operations, an average of 76 per week: 67% general aviation, 33% air taxi, and <1% military.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^
    PDF
    , effective March 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KPNA - Pinedale, Wyoming (Ralph Wenz Field)
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: PNA / LEPP - Pamplona, Spain
  4. ^ a b c "Sutton Nebraska Museum: Staff Sergeant Ralph Wenz - WWII Casualty". 31 December 2011.
  5. ^ "World War II B-24 pilot". 10 September 2007.
  6. ^ http://www.emblemaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/The-Long-Trip-Home.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ "Airport History | Emblem Aviation".
  8. ^ http://www.sublette.com/history/roundup/roundup.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  9. ^ "A WW II Survival story from the Charley River - Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)".

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