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Thursday, August 30, 2018

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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 Barrow, a city officially known as Utqiagvik, in 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.



Video Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport



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).

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.


Maps Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport



Airlines and destinations

Passenger


Martin Grumet January 4, 2007 Barrow, Alaska
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Statistics

Top Destinations


File:Barrow Airport, Alaska, July 2016.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
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References


To The Top Of America - Barrow In An Alaska Combi - Airliners.net
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External links

Media related to Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport at Wikimedia Commons

  • FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
  • National Weather Service Barrow, Alaska
  • 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


Source of article : Wikipedia