Wiley Post–Will Rogers International Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF – Northern Region | ||||||||||
Location | Utqiaġvik, Alaska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 44 ft / 13 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 71°17′08″N 156°45′58″W / 71.28556°N 156.76611°W | ||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, ( IATA: BRW, ICAO: PABR, FAA LID: BRW) often referred to as Post/Rogers Memorial, is a public airport located in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), the largest city and borough seat of the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. [2] The airport is owned by the state. [1] Situated on the Chukchi Sea at a latitude of 71.29°N, the airport is the farthest north of any in US territory. The airport is named after American humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post, both of whom died about 9 mi (14 km) away at Point Barrow in a 1935 airplane crash. [3]
Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport has one asphalt paved runway (8/26) measuring 7,100 ft × 150 ft (2,164 m × 46 m). [1]
For the 12-month period ending 11 January 2011, the airport had 12,010 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 50% air taxi, 37% general aviation, 12% scheduled commercial and fewer than 1% military. At that time there were eight aircraft based at this airport: one jet, three helicopters, one multi-engine, and three single- engine. [1] [4]
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Airlines | Destinations |
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Alaska Airlines | Anchorage [5] |
Wright Air Service | Atqasuk, Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay, Nuiqsut, Point Lay, Wainwright [6] |
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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Alaska Airlines | 41,960
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Rank | City | Passengers |
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1 | Anchorage, AK | 30,020 |
2 | Wainwright, AK | 2,430 |
3 | Atqasuk, AK | 1,290 |
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