Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport

For the airports located in Oklahoma City, see Wiley Post Airport and OKC Will Rogers International Airport.

For the seaplane base in Seattle, see Will Rogers–Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base.

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 Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), 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 Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities.^[1] Situated on the Chukchi Sea at a latitude of 71.29°N, it is the northernmost airport in United States territory.

Wiley Post–Will Rogers International Airport
The airport's terminal, as viewed from an Alaska Airlines aircraft on the tarmac
IATA: BRW ICAO: PABR FAA LID: BRW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF – Northern Region
Location	Utqiaġvik, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	44 ft / 13 m
Coordinates	71°17′08″N 156°45′58″W
Maps
Airport diagram
BRW Location of Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 7,100 2,164 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations 12,010 (2014) Based aircraft 8 Passengers 88,840 Freight 24,000,000 lbs
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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]

Flight board showing one departing and one arriving flight at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport.

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.

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 (8/26) 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 eight aircraft based at this airport: one jet, three helicopters, one multi-engine, and three single-engine.^[1][4]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Alaska Airlines	Anchorage[5]
Wright Air Service	Atqasuk, Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay, Nuiqsut, Point Lay, Wainwright[6]

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

Statistics

Carrier shares (November 2019 – October 2020)^[7]

Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Alaska Airlines	41,960

Top destinations

Busiest routes from BRW
(November 2021 – October 2022)^[7]

Rank	City	Passengers
1	Anchorage, AK	30,020
2	Wainwright, AK	2,430
3	Atqasuk, AK	1,290

See also

• List of airports in Alaska