Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport

Wiley Post–Will Rogers International Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Location Utqiagvik, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 44 ft / 13 m
Coordinates 71°17′08″N 156°45′58″W / 71.28556°N 156.76611°W / 71.28556; -156.76611Coordinates: 71°17′08″N 156°45′58″W / 71.28556°N 156.76611°W / 71.28556; -156.76611
Map
PABR
Location of Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 7,100 2,164 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft Operations 12,010 (2,014)
Based Aircraft 8
Passengers 88,840
Freight 24,000,000 lbs

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 Utqiagvik, 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.
Utqiagvik AK airport from the unpaved street
Polar bear at Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, 2003


Facilities and aircraft

Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport has one asphalt paved runway (7/25) measuring 7,100 ft × 150 ft (2,164 m × 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 11, 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 8 aircraft based at this airport: 1 jet, 3 helicopters, 1 multi-engine, and 3 single-engine.[1][4]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Alaska Airlines Anchorage, Deadhorse, Fairbanks[5]
Ravn Alaska Atqasuk, Nuiqsut, Point Lay, Wainwright[6]

Statistics

Carrier shares: (Dec 2015 - Nov 2016)[7]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Alaska Airlines
69,880(79.45%)
Hageland
18,080(20.55%)

Top Destinations

Busiest routes from BRW
(Dec 2015 - Nov 2016)[7]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Anchorage, AK 29,190 Alaska
2 Fairbanks, AK 5,490 Alaska
3 Wainwright, AK 3,480 Hageland
4 Atqasuk, AK 1,910 Hageland
5 Point Lay, AK 1,860 Hageland
6 Nuiqsut, AK 1,200 Hageland
7 Deadhorse, AK 870 Alaska

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for BRW (Form 5010 PDF), effective January 5, 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). (retrieved January 8, 2017)
  6. ↑ Ravn Alaska. "Destinations". (retrieved January 8, 2017)
  7. 1 2 "RITA | BTS | Transtats". Transtats.bts.gov. November 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2017.

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