Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport
Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, often referred to as Post/Rogers Memorial, is a public airport located in Utqiaġvik, the largest city and borough seat of the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by the state. 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.
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
Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, is the borough seat and largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located north of the Arctic Circle, it is one of the northernmost cities and towns in the world and the northernmost in the United States, with nearby Point Barrow as the country's northernmost point.
Street view of Utqiagvik in July 2008. This street, like all the others in Utqiagvik, has been left unpaved due to the prevalence of permafrost.
English (Welcome to Barrow) and Iñupiaq (Paġlagivsigiñ Utqiaġvigmun) (2004)
Ukpeakvik mounds site of ancient sod houses in Utqiagvik
Will Rogers–Wiley Post Memorial
