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Cell towers in Nome, Alaska

The FCC register lists 17 antenna structures in and around Nome. That is the 16th highest count of any place in Alaska.

Registered structures
17
Median height
23 m (75 ft)
−21.0% vs state median
Tallest
79 m (260 ft)
Per 100k residents
465.4
population 3,653 (2025)

Overview

Nome, AK has 17 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 16th largest count among the 245 places in Alaska that have any.

Area density is 1.34 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.

Median height here is 23 m (75 ft), compared with 29 m (95 ft) across Alaska as a whole.

By structure type the register shows 2 monopoles and 4 lattice towers.

The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1970.

Structure types

Lattice tower 4
24%
Tower 3
18%
Guyed tower array 3
18%
Pole 2
12%
Monopole 2
12%
Building with pole 2
12%
Building with pipe 1
6%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
Arctic Broadcasting Association, INC. Broadcaster 4
24%
Telalaska Cellular, INC Other 3
18%
The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC Other 3
18%
Gci Communication CORP Other 2
12%
Knom Radio Mission, INC. Broadcaster 1
6%

Tallest registered structures

Height Type Built Owner ASR
79 m (260 ft) Guyed tower array 2018 Arctic Broadcasting Association, INC. 110796
79 m (260 ft) Guyed tower array 2018 Arctic Broadcasting Association, INC. 114794
79 m (260 ft) Guyed tower array 2018 Arctic Broadcasting Association, INC. 115061
72 m (236 ft) Tower 1970 Knom Radio Mission, INC. 109950
33 m (109 ft) Lattice tower 2024 Towerco Vi, LLC 2729007
27 m (90 ft) Tower 2006 Arctic Broadcasting Association, INC. 2645605
24 m (80 ft) Lattice tower 2021 Telalaska Cellular, INC 2722434
24 m (79 ft) Pole 2010 Telalaska Cellular, INC 2719751
23 m (75 ft) Building with pole 2008 The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC 2694633
23 m (75 ft) Building with pole 2008 The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC 2694635
23 m (74 ft) Monopole 2021 Gci Communication CORP 2719064
22 m (71 ft) Monopole 2021 The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC 2718380
21 m (69 ft) Lattice tower 2021 Drs Global Enterprise Solutions, INC 2719926
19 m (63 ft) Tower 1999 Octagon Towers, LLC 618926
18 m (59 ft) Pole 2010 Telalaska Cellular, INC 2719750
15 m (48 ft) Lattice tower 1979 Alaska, State Of 2703706
7.4 m (24 ft) Building with pipe 2021 Gci Communication CORP 2721034

When they were registered

1970s 2
12%
1990s 1
6%
2000s 3
18%
2010s 5
29%
2020s 6
35%

Nearby places

About this data

Figures are drawn from the FCC's public antenna structure register (2026-08-23). It covers structures that need registering — broadly those over 200 feet or close to an airport — and not the many shorter installations that carry mobile traffic.

The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.

"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.