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Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport

Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport
Statistics (2015)Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, (IATA: BRW, ICAO: PABR, FAALID: 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. The airport is owned by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. 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.