Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport

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IATA = BRW
ICAO = PABR
FAA = BRW
type = Public
owner = State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
operator =
city-served =
location = Barrow, Alaska
elevation-f = 44
elevation-m = 13
coordinates = coord|71|17|08|N|156|45|58|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 6/24
r1-length-f = 6,500
r1-length-m = 1,981
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 11,750
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=BRW|use=PU|own=PU|site=50054.3*A, effective 2007-07-05]

Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport airport codes|BRW|PABR|BRW [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/BRW Great Circle Mapper: BRW - Barrow, Alaska (Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport)] ] 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. 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.

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).

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.

Airlines and non-stop destinations

* Alaska Airlines (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay)
* Frontier Flying Service (Atqasuk, Nuiqsut, Point Lay, Wainwright) [ [http://www.frontierflying.com/timetable-ffs.pdf Frontier Flying Service: 2007 Timetable] (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.]
* Hageland Aviation Services (Atqasuk, Nuiqsut, Wainwright) [ [http://www.hageland.com/07sched.pdf Hageland Aviation Services: Scheduled Flights] (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.]

Cargo airlines

* Northern Air Cargo

References

External links

* [http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/BRW.gifFAA Alaska airport diagram] (GIF)
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* [http://pabr.arh.noaa.gov/ National Weather Service Barrow, Alaska]
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