Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial
BRW · PABR · Utqiagvik, Alaska · North Slope County · map
Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial is a public-use airport in Utqiagvik, Alaska, 49 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 7,100 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BRW · ICAO PABR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 49 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 8:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Point Barrow sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 7,100 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 600 ft, 5,900 ft available for landing
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 600 ft, 5,900 ft available for landing, ant 9 ft high 380 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Brw and flight Service · Barrow and rco | 123.6 | Barrow |
| Brw and flight Service · Barrow and rco | 121.5 | Barrow |
| Brw and flight Service · Barrow and rco | 122.2 | Barrow |
| Brw and flight Service · Barrow and rco | 122.6 | Barrow |
| Brw and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.150 | |
| Brw and flight Service | 132.15 | Barrow · Afis frequency 132.15. |
| Barrow and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 135.3 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-931-6017.
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Aircraft registered in Utqiagvik from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Utqiagvik, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Rotating beacon on continuously.
- Closed to air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats except prior permission required in writing - amgr PO box 367 barrow AK 99723.
- Snow removal, wildlife control, condition rprtg and airport maintenance service available durg maintenance duty hour 6:00 am to 8:30 pm; aft hour - amgr.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 08; runway end identifier lights runway 26 - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 preset low intst - incr intst brw Flight Service 6:00 am to 10:00 pm; aft hour - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 08 and 26 on continuously.
- Waterfowl in the vicinity of airport SPRING-FALL.
- Airport sand lrgr gradation than FAA recommended/see AC150/5200-30.
- Recommended lrgr aircraft use elephant ear to turn around.
- Main ramp txl non standard wingtip clnc; runway back taxi when large aircraft prkd on main ramp.
- TSA reg airport; see 49 cfr 1542. Gates and doors must be secured all times. Transient - amgr or brw Flight Service for information.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.