Wiley PostâÂÂWill Rogers Memorial Airport, often referred to as Post/Rogers Memorial, is a public airport located in Utqiaávik (formerly Barrow), the largest city and borough seat of the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. Situated on the Chukchi Sea at a latitude of 71.29ðN, 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 away at Point Barrow in a 1935 airplane crash.
Wiley PostâÂÂWill Rogers Memorial Airport has one asphalt paved runway (8/26) measuring .
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.