# Whittier Airport (PAWR)

**Whittier Airport** (ICAO: PAWR) is a small airport in Whittier, Alaska, United States. It opened in Oct 1974. It has one runway, 1,480 ft (451 m) long, gravel.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / PAWR
- FAA: IEM
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Whittier, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Oct 1974
- Elevation: 39 ft / 12 m
- Coordinates: 60.7772, -148.7196
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,480 ft / 451 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittier,_Alaska#Transportation (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8214244
- Weather station: PAWR
- Ident: PAWR

## Timeline

- Oct 1974: Whittier Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,480 ft / 451 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 056° / 236° |  |

- 04/22 slopes 1.4%: threshold 22 at 19 ft / 6 m, threshold 04 at 39 ft / 12 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,480 ft / 451 m | =28,076 of 29,858 | =14,271 in North America | =12,740 in US |
| Elevation | 39 ft / 12 m | =39,879 of 43,403 | =18,051 in North America | =14,893 in US |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =5,099 in North America | =5,006 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## 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)
- [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/pawr/data