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Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport

66.81790°N
-161.01900°W
ARR / DAY
4
81.3%
DEP / DAY
4
63.2%

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 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
53°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PFNO 031556Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 12/04 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP189 T01170044 $

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
71% of ops
35 land · 6 TO
24
29% of ops
14 land · 2 TO
Runway 06 carries 71% of operations (35 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

06 35 landings
UA 23%
24 14 landings
UA 29%
Approaches to 06 show a 23% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 35 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
3.4
flights/day · 103 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 12am · 8pm
Day vs night
35%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 3.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.9 vs 4.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (70% of 103 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
AWOS 120.000
KOTZEBUE 119.200
KOTZEBUE 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
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