Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use American English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, (Template:Comma separated entries) often referred to as Post/Rogers Memorial, is a public airport located in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), the largest city and borough seat of the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] The airport is owned by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities.[2] Situated on the Chukchi Sea at a latitude of 71.29°N, it is the northernmost airport in United States territory.

The airport is named after American humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post, both of whom died about Script error: No such module "convert". away at Point Barrow in a 1935 airplane crash.[3]

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Flight board showing one departing and one arriving flight at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport.
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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.
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Airport from the unpaved street
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Polar bear at Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, 2003

Facilities and aircraft

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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 eight aircraft based at this airport: one jet, three helicopters, one multi-engine, and three single-engine.[2][4]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

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Statistics

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Top destinations

Busiest routes from BRW
(November 2021 – October 2022)[5]
Rank City Passengers
1 Template:Flagicon Anchorage, AK 30,020
2 Template:Flagicon Wainwright, AK 2,430
3 Template:Flagicon Atqasuk, AK 1,290

See also

References

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External links

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