Delaney Park Strip

Anchorage residents, working for free, had prepared a 300 by 2000 foot landing field for Noel Wien to fly Jimmy Rodebaugh's newly arrived Standard J-1.

Wien's first flight took place on 4 June 1924, and by the end of the month had flown 170 passengers, two at a time in the front cockpit, on a 15 minute ride.

[1][2] In 1932, however, Merrill Field opened, so the Delaney Park airstrip was no longer necessary.

On the 75th anniversary of Noel Wien's historic flight to Fairbanks, his two sons Noel Merrill and Richard, reenacted the flight using a Boeing Stearman, after receiving FAA permission to take off from the park.

[3] Presently, the park is used for a variety of community events, sports, and festivals year-round.

Alaskan Veterans Memorial at Delaney Park Strip
Engine 556, a 2-8-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works , was used by the Alaska Railroad in the 1940s and 1950s following initial service in Europe during World War II. The locomotive is shown on display at the southeast corner of Ninth Avenue and E Street, where it has sat since 1959.