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 state.^[1] Situated on the Chukchi Sea at a latitude of 71.29°N, the airport is the farthest north of any in US 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.^[3]

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Wiley Post–Will Rogers International Airport
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
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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]

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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 11 January 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]

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