OTZ — Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
- IATA code
- OTZ
- ICAO code
- PAOT
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 116,302
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 17
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−9 / UTC−8
- America/Nome
- Elevation
- 4 m
- 13 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 1,920 m
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About OTZ
Ralph Wien Memorial Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Kotzebue, United States. It is run by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. 116,302 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 17 nonstop routes from OTZ.
Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from OTZ
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| OTZ → ANC | 882 km | 68,652 |
| OTZ → PHO | 242 km | 6,240 |
| OTZ → WLK | 119 km | 6,207 |
| OTZ → ORV | 70 km | 6,178 |
| OTZ → WTK | 77 km | 5,571 |
| OTZ → BKC | 120 km | 4,518 |
| OTZ → KVL | 127 km | 4,441 |
| OTZ → IAN | 95 km | 4,233 |
| OTZ → ABL | 208 km | 3,309 |
| OTZ → DRG | 91 km | 3,011 |
| OTZ → OBU | 250 km | 1,670 |
| OTZ → SHG | 238 km | 1,327 |
| OTZ → OME | 295 km | 826 |
| OTZ → LUR | 266 km | 76 |
| OTZ → SHH | 170 km | 31 |
| OTZ → UNK | 344 km | 10 |
| OTZ → FAI | 710 km | 2 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at OTZ
- 8E Bering Air · 13,587 flights
- AS Alaska Airlines · 698 flights
- QX Horizon Air · 649 flights
- 7S Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation · 212 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 82.7%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 3.9%
- Departures counted
- 361
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| ORV | Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport | 69 km |
| WTK | Noatak Airport | 77 km |
| DRG | Deering Airport | 91 km |
| IAN | Bob Baker Memorial Airport | 95 km |
| WLK | Selawik Airport | 119 km |
| BKC | Buckland Airport | 119 km |
| KVL | Kivalina Airport | 127 km |
Distance from OTZ to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,920 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 1,158 m | 27 m | Gravel |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Kotzebue, Alaska, United States · 66.8847, -162.5990
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