PAOT · Ralph Wien Memorial Airport

KOTZEBUE, ALASKA · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

Elevation ft

Runways

6,300

Longest ft · 09/27

66.88N

162.60W

Ralph Wien Memorial Airport serves Kotzebue, Alaska at 14 ft elevation with its longest runway, 09/27, at 6,300 by 150 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
09/27	6,300 × 150 ft	asphalt (good)	lit
17/35	3,800 × 90 ft	gvl	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 14 ft is about 15°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 15°C)	14 ft	2,441 ft	2,111 ft	3,167 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,214 ft	2,675 ft	2,238 ft	3,357 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,414 ft	2,909 ft	2,365 ft	3,547 ft
35°C afternoon	2,417 ft	2,909 ft	2,365 ft	3,547 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (09/27, 6,300 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,547 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at PAOT is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
PAOM Nome Airport	159 nm SW	6,176 ft
PAUN Unalakleet Airport	185 nm S	5,900 ft
PAGA Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport	190 nm SE	6,000 ft
PABR Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport	292 nm NE	7,100 ft
PAMC McGrath Airport	295 nm SE	5,936 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at PAOT

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at PAOT, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at PAOT or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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