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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]

Alaska Airlines 737-400 combi aircraft at Post/Rogers Memorial Airport, December 2007. Note that it is twilight. Even though the sun does not rise in December, it gets close enough to the horizon to provide illumination.
Alaska Airlines 737-400 combi aircraft at Post/Rogers Memorial Airport, December 2007. Note that it is twilight. Even though the sun does not rise in December, it gets close enough to the horizon to provide illumination.
Airport from the unpaved street
Airport from the unpaved street
Polar bear at Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, 2003
Polar bear at Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, 2003
For the airports located in Oklahoma City, see Wiley Post Airport and Will Rogers World Airport.
For the seaplane base in Seattle, see Will Rogers–Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base.

Wiley Post–Will Rogers International Airport
  • IATA: BRW
  • ICAO: PABR
  • FAA LID: BRW
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
LocationUtqiaġvik, Alaska
Elevation AMSL44 ft / 13 m
Coordinates71°17′08″N 156°45′58″W
Map
BRW
Location of Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 7,100 2,164 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations12,010 (2014)
Based aircraft8
Passengers88,840
Freight24,000,000 lbs
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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).[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]


Airlines and destinations



Passenger


AirlinesDestinations
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.


Statistics


Carrier shares (November 2019 - October 2020)[7]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Alaska Airlines
41,960

Top destinations


Busiest routes from BRW
(November 2019 - October 2020)[7]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Anchorage, AK 19,200 Alaska
2 Fairbanks, AK 1,630 Alaska
3 Deadhorse, AK 390 Alaska

References


  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for BRW PDF, effective 5 January 2017
  2. "BRW - Barrow, Alaska (Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport)". Great Circle Mapper. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. "About Barrow". City of Barrow. 2012. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  4. "Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport, Barrow, Alaska, USA". Airnav. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  5. Alaska Airlines. "Flight Timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017. (retrieved 8 January 2017)
  6. Wright destinations Retrieved Sep 12, 2022.
  7. "RITA | BTS | Transtats". Transtats.bts.gov. November 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2017.


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[de] Flughafen Barrow

Der Flughafen Barrow (IATA-Code: BRW; ICAO: PABR), auch als Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport oder als Post/Rogers Memorial bekannt, ist ein öffentlicher Flughafen, der sich nahe der Stadt Utqiaġvik (ehemals Barrow), Alaska, befindet. Der Flughafen wird durch den Staat betrieben. Gelegen auf 71.29°N, ist er der nördlichste Flughafen auf US-amerikanischem Territorium. Der Flughafen ist benannt nach dem Komiker Will Rogers und dem Piloten Wiley Post, die beide etwa 14 km entfernt am Point Barrow bei einem Flugzeugabsturz 1935 ums Leben kamen.
- [en] Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport

[ru] Барроу (аэропорт)

Аэропорт Барроу (англ. Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport), (ИАТА: BRW, ИКАО: PABR, FAA LID: BRW)[2] — государственный гражданский аэропорт, расположенный в населённом пункте Барроу (Аляска), США.[1] Находящийся на побережье Чукотского моря на 71,29 градусе северной широты Аэропорт Барроу является самым северным аэропортом Соединённых Штатов Америки.


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