Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport

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Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport

IATA: BRW – ICAO: PABR – FAA: BRW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Location Barrow, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 44 ft / 13 m
Coordinates 71°17′08″N 156°45′58″W / 71.28556, -156.76611
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 6,500 1,981 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 11,750
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport (IATA: BRW, ICAO: PABR, FAA LID: BRW)[2] is a public airport located in Barrow, a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It 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 the entire United States.

The airport is named after American humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post, both of whom died in a plane crash due to inclement weather nearby.

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport has one asphalt paved runway (6/24) measuring 6,500 x 150 ft. (1,981 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2006, the airport had 11,750 aircraft operations, an average of 32 per day: 51% air taxi, 38% general aviation, 10% scheduled commercial and <1% military.[1]

[edit] Airlines and non-stop destinations

[edit] Cargo airlines

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for BRW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: BRW - Barrow, Alaska (Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport)
  3. ^ Frontier Flying Service: 2007 Timetable (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.
  4. ^ Hageland Aviation Services: Scheduled Flights (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.

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