Direct Flights from Anchorage to Nome
Nome · Alaska
Nonstop service from ANC to OME on Alaska. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Anchorage is the only city in our data with a nonstop to Nome — everywhere else connects.
How long to go to Nome for, from Anchorage
1h 35m in the air, 537 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Nome. Two nights works.
About Nome
Nome is a city in the Arctic region of Alaska. It is a town of about 4,000 people, about half of whom are Alaska Natives. It is the transportation and commerce center for Northwest Alaska. It is also the western terminus of the Iditarod Trail.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Nome
- The Bering Land Bridge National Preserve is one of the most remote protected areas of the United States, located on the Seward Peninsula.
- The Iyatayet Site is an archaeological site and National Historic Landmark located on the northwest shore of Cape Denbigh on Norton Bay in Nome Census Area, Alaska.
- The Wales Site, whose principal component is the Kurigitavik mound, is a well-documented archeological site on the Cape Prince of Wales, near Wales, Alaska.
- The Trail Creek Caves are a group of twelve caves found within the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve on the Seward Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Nome weather, compared with Anchorage
10° cooler than Anchorage on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Nome 13°F · Anchorage 23°F · 10° colder
- April
- Nome 30°F · Anchorage 46°F · 16° colder
- July
- Nome 58°F · Anchorage 66°F · 9° colder
- October
- Nome 36°F · Anchorage 42°F · 6° colder
January bottoms out near 13°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Nome
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Nome is June–September, when the weather is mildest, with daytime highs around 55°F.
- How long to stay
- A long weekend is plenty of time to see Nome, including Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Iyatayet site, and Wales Site.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Anchorage to Nome?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Anchorage (ANC) to Nome (OME) on Alaska.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Anchorage to Nome?
- Alaska flies nonstop between Anchorage (ANC) and Nome (OME).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Anchorage to Nome?
- There are about 2 nonstop departures per day (roughly 14 per week) from Anchorage to Nome.
- How far is Nome from Anchorage?
- Nome is about 537 miles from Anchorage by air.
- What is there to do in Nome?
- Popular things to do include Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Iyatayet site, Wales Site, Trail Creek Caves, and more.
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