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White Mountain Airport
PAWM / WMOWhite Mountain, AlaskaELEV 267 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
13 nm
To the nearest alternate
Golovin Airport (GLV) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
White Mountain Airport (PAWM / WMO) sits in White Mountain, Alaska, where it functions as a general aviation field. The airport sits 267 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 WMO for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Golovin Airport (GLV, 13 nm), Elim Airport (ELI, 30 nm), and Nome Airport (OME, 53 nm).
Charter pricing from WMO depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from White Mountain.
Field capability
ICAO
PAWM
IATA
WMO
FAA / Local
WMO
Elevation
267 ft
Coordinates
64.6892° N · 163.4130° 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 267 ft, WMO sits higher than 65% 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.
- 13nmGLVGolovin AirportGolovin
- 30nmELIElim AirportElim
- 53nmOMENome AirportNome
- 60nmKKAKoyuk Alfred Adams AirportKoyuk
- 60nmSKKShaktoolik AirportShaktoolik
- 76nmWBBStebbins AirportStebbins
Location
Open the full mapPAWM · White Mountain Airport · White Mountain, AK