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White Mountain Airport (IATA: WMO [3], ICAO: PAWM [4], FAA LID: WMO) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of White Mountain, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
He persuaded the White Mountain Airport Corporation to clear away the trees so that he could taxi near the highway, and in 1935 a WPA project cleared off the stumps and enlarged the runway to 1,500 feet (460 m). When the US entered World War II in December 1941 following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Apte closed the White Mountain Airport ...
This is a list of airports in New Hampshire, United States, grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Settlers Green was developed on the site of the former White Mountain Airport, which was purchased in 1985 from Wylie Apte, Jr. The outlet village began with a 30-store retail square, built at a cost of $8 million and 75 percent leased by November 1988. [4] It was the first outlet-oriented shopping center in the state. [5]
In this 2018 map by the N.H. Department of Transportation, the White Mountains region is located in the north-central portion of New Hampshire, colored orange in this map. The White Mountains Region is a tourism region designated by the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism. [1]
Map of the White Mountains, Franklin Leavitt, 1871. Some of the earliest maps of the White Mountains were produced as tourist maps and not topographical maps. One of the first two tourist maps of the mountains was that produced by Franklin Leavitt, a self-taught artist born near Lancaster, New Hampshire in 1824. [4]
North Conway maintains its own fire station, post office and public library, sharing its other services with Conway. The White Mountain National Forest is to the west and north. The area is home to Cathedral Ledge (popular with climbers), Echo Lake State Park, and Cranmore Mountain Resort. North Conway is known for its large number of outlet shops
The village is located at the junction of U.S. highways 3 and 302, two major routes through the White Mountain notches. The Ammonoosuc River flows through the center of the village. Twin Mountain has a separate ZIP code (03595) from the rest of the town of Carroll. Twin Mountain Airport lies 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of the Route 3 / 302 junction.