# Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW / PABR)

**Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport** (IATA: BRW, ICAO: PABR) is a medium airport in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States. It has one runway, 7,100 ft (2,164 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 87 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/pabr

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BRW / PABR
- FAA: BRW
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States
- Elevation: 49 ft / 15 m
- Coordinates: 71.2854, -156.7660
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,100 ft / 2,164 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 87,206 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post%E2%80%93Will_Rogers_Memorial_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2061693
- Weather station: PABR · WMO 70026
- Ident: PABR

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 7,100 ft / 2,164 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 151,438 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 129,520 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 127,322 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 123,397 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 127,589 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 56,918 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 63,354 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 75,398 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 83,288 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 86,763 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 87,206 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [ATK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/patq.md) Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memorial Airport · United States · 58 mi / 94 km · Wright Air Service
- [AIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawi.md) Wainwright Airport · United States · 85 mi / 137 km · Wright Air Service
- [NUI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paqt.md) Nuiqsut Airport · United States · 151 mi / 243 km · Wright Air Service
- [PIZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ppiz.md) Point Lay LRRS Airport · United States · 180 mi / 289 km · Wright Air Service
- [SCC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasc.md) Deadhorse Airport · United States · 203 mi / 327 km · Wright Air Service
- [ANC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/panc.md) Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport · United States · 722 mi / 1,162 km · Alaska Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BRW, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- 8V [Wright Air Service](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wright-air-service) · 5
- AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 87K (2025) | #1,866 of 3,974 | #417 in North America | #282 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,100 ft / 2,164 m | =3,396 of 29,858 | =774 in North America | =582 in US |
| Elevation | 49 ft / 15 m | =39,318 of 43,403 | =17,827 in North America | =14,737 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 132.150 |
| CNTR | ANCHORAGE CNTR | 135.300 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 123.600 |
| FSS | BARROW RDO | 122.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [PBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0252.md) Point Barrow Long Range Radar Station Airstrip · 4.7 mi / 7.6 km
- [ATK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/patq.md) Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memorial Airport · 59 mi / 94 km
- [LNI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paln.md) Point Lonely Short Range Radar Site Airfield · 83 mi / 134 km
- [PAWT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawt.md) Wainwright Air Station · 84 mi / 135 km
- [AIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawi.md) Wainwright Airport · 85 mi / 137 km

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #20

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wiley_Post–Will_Rogers_Memorial_Airport&oldid=1363087659), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/pabr/data