Airports · Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
Flights from Kotzebue (OTZ)
Airlines flew 8,161 departures out of Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (OTZ) carrying 58,976 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.
What flies from Kotzebue
US DOT T-100 · filed dataWhat airlines actually flew out of Kotzebue — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.
Departures
8,161
April 2026
Seats flown
139,672
Passengers
58,976
Load factor
42.2%
passengers ÷ seats
Busiest routes from Kotzebue
Where flights from Kotzebue go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.
1,028 departures · 3,477 passengers
45.6%
Load
1,003 departures · 3,324 passengers
39.5%
Load
890 departures · 3,363 passengers
44.6%
Load
856 departures · 3,029 passengers
40.8%
Load
747 departures · 2,724 passengers
44.8%
Load
686 departures · 33,313 passengers
43.1%
Load
642 departures · 2,237 passengers
42.8%
Load
592 departures · 2,066 passengers
40.0%
Load
449 departures · 1,784 passengers
47.1%
Load
390 departures · 1,263 passengers
37.2%
Load
284 departures · 797 passengers
34.8%
Load
210 departures · 499 passengers
24.8%
Load
209 departures · 637 passengers
34.5%
Load
77 departures · 264 passengers
37.0%
Load
42 departures · 1 passengers
0.3%
Load
Airlines at Kotzebue
Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Kotzebue.
- 8E
Bering Air
61,814 seats · 41.4% load
44.3%
Share
- AS
52,230 seats · 31.5% load
37.4%
Share
- QX
25,004 seats · 67.3% load
17.9%
Share
- 7S
Ryan Air
509 seats · 4.9% load
0.4%
Share
- 7H
NEW PACIFIC AIRLINES
29 seats · 62.1% load
0.0%
Share
- 8V
Wright Air Service
22 seats · 4.5% load
0.0%
Share
- KAT
Katmai Air
18 seats · 27.8% load
0.0%
Share
- KO
Alaska Central Express
16 seats · 62.5% load
0.0%
Share
- 3AQ
Maritime Helicopters
12 seats · 16.7% load
0.0%
Share
- 5V
9 seats · 0.0% load
0.0%
Share
Aircraft flown from Kotzebue
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.
Cessna C208B
6,622 departures · 42.3% load
81.1%
Share
Cessna Skycourier 408
714 departures · 0.4% load
8.8%
Share
329 departures · 67.3% load
4.0%
Share
224 departures · 30.4% load
2.7%
Share
115 departures · 35.0% load
1.4%
Share
Cessna 208 Caravan
50 departures · 3.1% load
0.6%
Share
Beech 1900 A
43 departures · 50.5% load
0.5%
Share
Casa/Nurtanio C212 Aviocar
19 departures · 0.0% load
0.2%
Share
Cessna C206
15 departures · 15.3% load
0.2%
Share
14 departures · 27.5% load
0.2%
Share
Pilatus PC-12
6 departures · 14.8% load
0.1%
Share
Beech 200 Super Kingair
4 departures · 58.3% load
0.1%
Share
Monthly departures from Kotzebue
Monthly departures from Kotzebue, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
May 2025
713 departures · 4,982 passengers
40.5%
Load
June 2025
706 departures · 5,017 passengers
41.5%
Load
July 2025
694 departures · 5,370 passengers
43.6%
Load
August 2025
718 departures · 5,699 passengers
47.6%
Load
September 2025
695 departures · 4,880 passengers
40.5%
Load
October 2025
660 departures · 4,581 passengers
41.4%
Load
November 2025
685 departures · 4,916 passengers
41.8%
Load
December 2025
624 departures · 4,811 passengers
44.5%
Load
January 2026
652 departures · 3,966 passengers
35.8%
Load
February 2026
539 departures · 3,536 passengers
39.1%
Load
March 2026
777 departures · 5,805 passengers
45.4%
Load
April 2026
698 departures · 5,413 passengers
43.7%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.