Airports / Alaska / WWT
Mertarvik Airport
PAEW / WWTMertarvik, AlaskaELEV 346 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
21 nm
To the nearest alternate
Nightmute Airport (NME) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Mertarvik Airport (PAEW / WWT) sits in Mertarvik, Alaska, where it functions as a general aviation field. The airport sits 346 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into WWT for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Nightmute Airport (NME, 21 nm), Toksook Bay Airport (OOK, 24 nm), and Tununak Airport (TNK, 26 nm).
Charter pricing from WWT depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Newtok. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Mertarvik.
Field capability
ICAO
PAEW
IATA
WWT
FAA / Local
EWU
Elevation
346 ft
Coordinates
60.8104° N · 164.4995° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs AK fields
state range 2–3,318 ft
At 346 ft, WWT sits higher than 72% of the 285 Alaska fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 21nmNMENightmute AirportNightmute
- 24nmOOKToksook Bay AirportToksook Bay
- 26nmTNKTununak AirportTununak
- 41nmCYFChefornak AirportChefornak
- 54nmVAKChevak AirportChevak
- 55nmKPNKipnuk AirportKipnuk
Location
Open the full mapPAEW · Mertarvik Airport · Mertarvik, AK