Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial 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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  BRW Location of Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport | |||||||||||
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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. The airport is owned by the state. 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.
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Facilities and aircraft
Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport has one asphalt paved runway (8/26) measuring 7,100 ft × 150 ft (2,164 m × 46 m).
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.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Alaska Airlines | Anchorage |
| Wright Air Service | Atqasuk, Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay, Nuiqsut, Point Lay, Wainwright |
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
Statistics
| Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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| Alaska Airlines | 41,960
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Top destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers |
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| 1 | Anchorage, AK | 30,020 |
| 2 | Wainwright, AK | 2,430 |
| 3 | Atqasuk, AK | 1,290 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for BRW PDF, effective 5 January 2017
- ^ "BRW – Barrow, Alaska (Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport)". Great Circle Mapper. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ "About Barrow". City of Barrow. 2012. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport, Barrow, Alaska, USA". Airnav. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ Alaska Airlines. "Flight Timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017. (retrieved 8 January 2017)
- ^ Wright destinations Retrieved Sep 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "RITA | BTS | Transtats". Transtats.bts.gov. November 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
External links
Media related to Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- National Weather Service Barrow, Alaska Archived 18 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BRW
- AirNav airport information for PABR
- ASN accident history for BRW
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PABR
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for BRW
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