Nome
OME · PAOMNome Airport
Passengers a year
144.6K
#223 busiest in the U.S.
18
nonstop destinations
8
airlines
22
departures a day
57.4%
load factor
Airlines
Alaska Airlines is the largest carrier at Nome, with 62% of all passengers. 8 airlines fly from here.
Share of passengers · each carrier as a slice of the whole airport
Alaska Airlines holds 62% of the airport — the 43rd most concentrated of 120 non-hub airports. The nearest comparison is SAF at 63%.
| Airline | Share | Passengers | Seats YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AS | 62.5% | 90.3K | 1 | -4.6% |
8E Bering Air44% full | 37.2% | 53.7K | 17 | -1.9% |
PAF Pathfinder Aviation40% full | 0.3% | 428 | — | — |
1EQ KaiserAir75% full | 0.0% | 57 | — | — |
6F Fox Aircraft29% full | 0.0% | 44 | — | — |
Share, passengers and destinations count each airline’s own flights plus the regional flying sold under its brand. Seats year on year compares the latest twelve months against the twelve before them.
Destinations
18 nonstop destinations from Nome, all domestic.
100% domestic · 0% international · by departing passengers
Top domestic destinations
Alaska Airlines
Savoonga (SVA)
2.9K2,923 departing · 56% full
Bering Air
Shishmaref (SHH)
2.7K2,723 departing · 40% full
Bering Air
2.6K2,566 departing · 59% full
Bering Air
St Michael (SMK)
2.5K2,503 departing · 64% full
Bering Air
Gambell (GAM)
1.9K1,871 departing · 54% full
Bering Air
Elim (ELI)
1.9K1,859 departing · 39% full
Bering Air
White Mountain (WMO)
1.8K1,839 departing · 46% full
Bering Air
Brevig Mission (KTS)
1.7K1,722 departing · 34% full
Bering Air
Koyuk (KKA)
1.4K1,422 departing · 55% full
Bering Air
All nonstop destinations
18 nonstop · 2 airlines · 18 domestic / 0 intl
Aircraft
By share of departures at Nome.
Body class · share of departures
Cessna C208B
4,497 departures · 44% full
56.5%
Beech 200 Super Kingair
1,006 departures · 44% full
12.6%
Beech 1900 A
898 departures · 52% full
11.3%
Cessna Skycourier 408
572 departures · 0% full
7.2%
- Regional
335 departures · 65% full
4.2%
- Narrowbody
218 departures · 63% full
2.7%
Casa/Nurtanio C212 Aviocar
172 departures · 0% full
2.2%
- Narrowbody
129 departures · 53% full
1.6%
Bell 212 Twin Two Twelve
46 departures · 41% full
0.6%
Cessna 208 Caravan
26 departures · 1% full
0.3%
When Nome is busiest
Departures by month over the trailing year. Bars scale to the busiest month.
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Departures a month · peak March 2026
Annual passengers since 1990
Total passengers, arriving and departing, in every year on record.
Passengers a year
Every year
- 1990
- 83,057
- 1991
- 85,762
- 1992
- 90,286
- 1993
- 90,782
- 1994
- 96,594
- 1995
- 86,333
- 1996
- 74,728
- 1997
- 72,217
- 1998
- 75,559
- 1999
- 84,718
- 2000
- 91,944
- 2001
- 87,524
- 2002
- 132,676
- 2003
- 144,288
- 2004
- 163,775
- 2005
- 153,195
- 2006
- 156,522
- 2007
- 159,070
- 2008
- 153,763
- 2009
- 142,513
- 2010
- 148,793
- 2011
- 157,542
- 2012
- 158,938
- 2013
- 153,178
- 2014
- 146,712
- 2015
- 152,153
- 2016
- 152,172
- 2017
- 151,598
- 2018
- 159,566
- 2019
- 161,509
- 2020
- 67,191
- 2021
- 106,141
- 2022
- 145,414
- 2023
- 157,714
- 2024
- 142,382
- 2025
- 144,039
- 2026
- 83,062 so far
Frequently asked
How busy is Nome Airport (OME)?
Nome Airport handled about 144.6K passengers over the trailing 12 months, ranking #223 among U.S. airports by passengers, with roughly 22 departures a day.
Which airline is the largest at Nome Airport (OME)?
Alaska Airlines is the largest carrier at Nome (OME), flying about 62% of its passengers. 8 airlines serve Nome in total.
How many places can you fly nonstop from Nome Airport (OME)?
Nome (OME) has 18 nonstop destinations, all domestic.
What aircraft flies most from Nome Airport (OME)?
The Cessna C208B flew the largest share of departures from Nome (OME), about 56% of the total.
Departing counts passengers leaving Nome. Data: traffic August 2025 – July 2026. Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (T-100 Segment).