# Northway Airport (ORT / PAOR)

**Northway Airport** (IATA: ORT, ICAO: PAOR) is a medium airport in Northway, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1947. It has one runway, 5,100 ft (1,555 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ORT / PAOR
- FAA: ORT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Northway, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jul 1947
- Elevation: 1,720 ft / 524 m
- Coordinates: 62.9613, -141.9290
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,100 ft / 1,555 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northway_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4327497
- Weather station: PAOR · WMO 70291
- Ident: PAOR

## Timeline

- Jul 1947: Northway Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 5,100 ft / 1,555 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 076° / 256° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [TKJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfto.md) Tok Junction Airport · United States · 41 mi / 66 km · 40-Mile Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 40-Mile Air · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,100 ft / 1,555 m | =6,125 of 29,858 | =2,051 in North America | =1,664 in US |
| Elevation | 1,720 ft / 524 m | =10,438 of 43,403 | =4,597 in North America | =3,469 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 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 | 135.400 |
| CNTR | ANCHORAGE CNTR | 126.550 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 123.600 |
| FSS | RDO | 122.200 |
| MISC | SUAS INFO SVC | 125.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [TEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3t4.md) Tetlin Airport · 22 mi / 35 km
- [TKJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfto.md) Tok Junction Airport · 41 mi / 66 km
- [8AK9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8ak9.md) Tok 2 Airport · 42 mi / 67 km
- [YXQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxq.md) Beaver Creek Airport · 51 mi / 82 km
- [IBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ibn.md) Devils Mountain Lodge Airport · 51 mi / 83 km
- [9AK0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9ak0.md) Sports Mans Paradise Airport · 52 mi / 83 km

## Sources

- [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: “Northway Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northway_Airport&oldid=1363067151), 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/paor/data