Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport guide

Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport (ICAO PFNO, FAA D76) is a state-owned public-use airport about one nautical mile north of the centre of Noorvik, a village on the Kobuk River in the Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska. It covers 311 acres at an elevation of 55 feet. Noorvik has no road link to other communities, so the airport is the village's main year-round connection to the region.

The airport has one gravel runway, 6/24, measuring 4,000 feet by 100 feet. The State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Northern Region, owns and maintains it. There is no staffed passenger terminal.

Bering Air operates scheduled small-aircraft flights from the field to Kotzebue and Kiana. The FAA recorded 6,523 passenger boardings here in 2007, down 5 percent from 6,884 in 2006. That is the most recent official enplanement count found. Travellers should confirm current schedules with the airline. Noorvik has no car rental agencies and no public transit, so most visitors arrive on foot or are met by local residents.