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Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport

66.81790°N
-161.01900°W
ARR / DAY
3
14.3%
DEP / DAY
3
20.0%

Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport (PFNO/ORV) is a small general aviation airport located in Noorvik, AK, 514 mi north west of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 4,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18m ago
Temp
48°F
Wind
5 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
SPECI PFNO 260822Z AUTO 26005KT 8SM -RA SCT018 BKN026 OVC031 09/08 A2986 RMK AO2 RAB21 P0000 $

Runways

1 installed

4,000 FT MAX
06/24
4,000 ft × 100
GRVL-E○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

06
75% of ops
89 land · 28 TO
24
25% of ops
30 land · 31 TO
Runway 06 carries 75% of operations (89 landings, 28 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 25%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

06 89 landings
UA 3%
24 30 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 06 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 89 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
7.6
flights/day · 228 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 12am · 9pm
Day vs night
35%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–9pm local, averaging 7.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (6.6 vs 8.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (73% of 228 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
AWOS 120.000
KOTZEBUE 119.200
OTHER 119.200
KOTZEBUE 263.000
OTHER 263.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAN
Mag var:
11° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 08:40 UTC