Ralph Wenz Field

Ralph Wenz Field (IATA: PWY, ICAO: KPNA, FAA LID: PNA) is a town-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) southeast of the central business district of the town of Pinedale in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States.^[1]

Ralph Wenz Field
IATA: PWY ICAO: KPNA FAA LID: PNA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Town of Pinedale
Serves	Pinedale, Wyoming
Elevation AMSL	7,096 ft / 2,163 m
Coordinates	42°47′44″N 109°48′26″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 8,900 2,713 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 6/30/2022) 3,946
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PNA by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA^[2] (which assigned PNA to Pamplona Airport in Pamplona, Spain^[3]).

Ralph Wenz Field is named after Staff Sgt. Ralph Wenz of the United States Army Air Corps. Originally from Nebraska, Wenz moved to Wyoming before the war where he learned to fly airplanes,^[4] worked as an air mail pilot, and built airfields.^[4] He joined the military and became a radio operator with the Engineers Air Corps Division.^[5][4] He died in 1943 when his aircraft, a B-24, crashed in the Alaska wilderness in what would become the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.^[6][7][8] His remains were found by a recovery team in October 1944.^[9]

Facilities and aircraft

Ralph Wenz Field covers an area of 485 acres (196 ha) at an elevation of 7,096 feet (2,163 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 11/29 which measures 8,900 by 100 feet (2,713 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2022, the airport had 3,946 aircraft operations, an average of 76 per week: 67% general aviation, 33% air taxi, and <1% military.^[1]

See also

• List of airports in Wyoming