Editing Nome, Alaska (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Nome Airport.jpg|thumb|Nome Airport]]

===Airports===
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Nome is a regional center of transportation for surrounding villages. There are two state-owned airports:
* [[Nome Airport]] – public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7&nbsp;km) west of the central business district of Nome, it has two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measures 5,576 x 150 feet (1,700 × 46 m) and 10/28 is 6,001 x 150 feet (1,829 × 46 m). An $8.5 million airport improvement project is nearing completion.{{when|date=March 2021}}
* [[Nome City Field]] – a public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85&nbsp;km) north of the central business district of Nome, it has one runway designated 3/21 with a gravel surface measuring 1,950 feet. It is used by [[general aviation]].

===Water ports===
Nome seaport is used by freight ships and cruise ships,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nomealaska.org/port/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303142458/http://www.nomealaska.org/port/index.html|url-status=dead|title=City of Nome, Port|archivedate=March 3, 2011}}</ref> located at 64.5°N and 165.4°W on the southern side of the [[Seward Peninsula]] in [[Norton Sound]]. The Corps of Engineers completed the Nome Harbor Improvements Project in the summer of 2006 adding a {{convert|3025|ft|m|abbr=on}} breakwater east of the existing Causeway and a {{convert|270|ft|m|abbr=on}} spur on the end of the Causeway making it to a total of {{convert|2982|ft|m}}. The City Dock (south) on the Causeway is equipped with marine headers to handle the community's bulk cargo and fuel deliveries. The City Dock is approximately {{convert|200|ft|m}} in length with a depth of 22.5 feet (MLLW). The WestGold Dock (north) is {{convert|190|ft|m}} in length with the same depth of 22.5 feet (ML, LW). The Westgold dock handles nearly all of the exported rock/gravel for this region and is the primary location to load/unload heavy equipment. The opening between the new breakwater and the Causeway (Outer Harbor Entrance) is approximately {{convert|500|ft|m}} in width and serves as access to both Causeway deep water docks and the new Snake River entrance that leads into the Small Boat Harbor. The old entrance along the seawall has been filled in and is no longer navigable (see photos on website). Buoys outline the navigation channel from the outer harbor entrance into the inner harbor. The Nome Small Boat Harbor has a depth of 10 feet (MLLW) and offers protected mooring for recreational and fishing vessels alongside two floating docks. Smaller cargo vessels and landing craft load village freight and fuel at the east, west and south inner harbor sheet pile docks, east beach landing and west barge ramp for delivery in the region.

An addition to the Nome facility in 2005 was a {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} concrete barge ramp located inside the inner harbor just west of the Snake River entrance. The ramp provides the bulk cargo carriers with a location closer to the causeway to trans-load freight to landing craft and roll equipment on and off barges. This location also has {{convert|2|acre|m2}} of uplands to be used for container, vessel and equipment storage.

===Surface transportation===
[[File:Nome Alaska road sign.jpg|thumb|right|The road system leading from Nome is extensive, though sparsely used during the winter months and leads mostly through remote terrain.]]
Local roads lead to [[Council, Alaska|Council]], the [[Kougarok River]], and [[Teller, Alaska|Teller]]: the [[Nome-Council Highway|Nome-Council]], [[Nome-Taylor Highway|Nome-Taylor]], and [[Nome-Teller Highway]]s, respectively. There are also smaller roads to communities up to {{convert|87|mi|km}} from Nome,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nomealaska.org/vc/information.htm|access-date=September 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816181336/http://www.nomealaska.org/vc/information.htm|archive-date=August 16, 2009|title=General Information|publisher=Nome Convention and Visitors Bureau}}</ref> yet no road connection to the other major cities of Alaska. There are no railroads going to or from Nome. A {{convert|500|mi|km|adj=on}} road project ([[Alaska Route 2|Manley Hot Springs–Nome]]) is being discussed in Alaska. It has been estimated (as of 2010) to cost $2.3 to $2.7 billion, or approximately $5 million per mile.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/rural/story/1111745.html|title=Nome road could cost $2.7 billion|last=Cockerham|first=Sean|date=January 27, 2010|newspaper=Anchorage Daily News|access-date=February 7, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130144020/http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/rural/story/1111745.html|archive-date=January 30, 2010}}</ref>