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Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport

66.81790°N
-161.01900°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 11.1%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 17.6%

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 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11h ago
Temp
27°F
Wind
11 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR PFNO 192056Z AUTO 07011KT 7SM OVC048 M03/M04 A2957 RMK AO2 SLP014 T10281044 58008 FZRANO $

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
76% of ops
64 land · 15 TO
24
24% of ops
20 land · 18 TO
Runway 06 carries 76% of operations (64 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

06 64 landings
UA 23%
24 20 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 06 show a 23% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 64 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
5.8
flights/day · 173 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 12am · 8pm
Day vs night
41%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 5.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (4.6 vs 6.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (84% of 173 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