Ralph Wien Memorial Airport

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Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
AMSL
14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates66°53′05″N 162°35′55″W / 66.88472°N 162.59861°W / 66.88472; -162.59861
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OTZ is located in Alaska
OTZ
OTZ
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 6,300 1,920 Asphalt
17/35 3,876 1,181 Gravel
Statistics (2014)
Aircraft operations60,000
Based aircraft43

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]

Kotzebue AK airport photographed from a Boeing 737-400 combo aircraft of Alaska Airlines

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

AirlinesDestinations
Alaska Airlines Anchorage
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

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

  1. ^
    PDF
    , effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Bering Air Kotzebue Schedule Retrieved Sep 10, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-87840-494-5. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. ^
    ISBN 0553289195
    .
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