Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport

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.

[1] 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 9 mi (14 km) away at Point Barrow in a 1935 airplane crash.

[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.

[1][4] Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

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