Barrow Airport

Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	PABR
IATA code	BRW
Coordinates	71 ° 17 '8 "  N , 156 ° 45' 58"  W Coordinates: 71 ° 17 '8 "  N , 156 ° 45' 58"  W.
Height above MSL	13 m (43  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	1.1 km east of Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow) , Alaska
Basic data
operator	State of Alaska
Flight movements	12,010
Start-and runway
07/25	2000 m × 46 m asphalt

A Boeing 737-400 of Alaska Airlines at the airport Barrow, at dawn of December of 2007.

The Barrow Airport ( IATA code: BRW; ICAO: PABR ), also known as Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport or Post / Rogers Memorial known is a public airport, located near the town Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow) , Alaska , is located. The airport is operated by the state. Located at 71.29 ° N, it is the northernmost airport on US territory. The airport is named after comedian Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post , who were both killed in a 1935 plane crash at Point Barrow, about nine miles away .

Infrastructure and planes

The airport has an asphalt runway (07/25) that is 2000 meters long and 46 meters wide.

In 2010, the airport recorded 12,010 movements: 50% air taxi , 37% general aviation , 12% commercial flights and just under 1% military.

Airlines and destinations

airline	Destination
Alaska Airlines	Anchorage , Deadhorse / Prudhoe Bay , Fairbanks
Era Alaska , closed in 2010	Anchorage , Atqasuk , Barter Island / Kaktovik , Deadhorse , Nuiqsut , Point Lay , Wainwright

Incidents

• On August 17, 2003, a Reims-Cessna F406 of Hageland Aviation Services (N6591L) was flown on a cargo flight from Barrow Airport to Wainwright Airport in Alaska in the Chukchi Sea . The two people on board the machine were killed. The evaluation of the radar data and statements by a local pilot suggested that the machine was flown into the sea after the occupants had misused the flight for whale watching (see also flight accident of a Reims-Cessna F406 of Hageland Aviation Services ) .