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
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTown of Pinedale
ServesPinedale, Wyoming
Elevation AMSL7,086 ft / 2,160 m
Coordinates42°47′44″N 109°48′26″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 7,100 2,164 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations9,516

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 7,086 feet (2,160 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 11/29 which measures 7,100 by 100 feet (2,164 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2019, the airport had 3,995 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day: 65% general aviation, 34% air taxi, <1% military.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for PNA PDF, effective 2008-09-25.
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KPNA - Pinedale, Wyoming (Ralph Wenz Field)
  3. Great Circle Mapper: PNA / LEPP - Pamplona, Spain
  4. http://suttonhistoricalsociety.blogspot.com/2011/12/staff-sergeant-ralph-wenz-wwii-casualty.html?m=1
  5. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/125795/world-war-ii-b-24-pilots-remains-laid-to-rest-at-arlington/
  6. http://www.emblemaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/The-Long-Trip-Home.pdf
  7. http://www.emblemaviation.com/community/airport-history/
  8. http://www.sublette.com/history/roundup/roundup.pdf
  9. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/historyculture/leon-crane-survival-story.htm


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