Northway Airport
ORT · PAOR · Northway, Alaska · Southeast Fairbanks County · map
Northway Airport is a public-use airport in Northway, Alaska, 1,720 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,100 feet of asphalt. The FAA counts about 15,800 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Northway Airport?
Its FAA code is ORT, and its ICAO code is PAOR.
Where is Northway Airport?
It is in Northway, Alaska, 1,720 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Northway Airport?
Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,100 feet long, asphalt.
Does Northway Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Northway Airport?
Airline flights go to 4 airports, the busiest of them Fairbanks International, Tok, Ted Stevens Anchorage International, Chisana. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Northway Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ORT · ICAO PAOR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,720 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,100 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 61 ft high 2,029 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 60 ft high 1,195 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Ort and flight Service · Northway and rco | 123.6 | Northway |
| Ort and flight Service · Northway and rco | 121.5 | Northway |
| Ort and flight Service · Northway and rco | 122.2 | Northway |
| Ort and flight Service · Northway and rco | 122.65 | Northway |
| Northway and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 126.55 | |
| Ort and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.4 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-778-2282.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- hangars
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Tok Junction Airport (36 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Tok Junction Airport (36 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Winter SN removal operations - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 24; PAPI runway 06 and 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- May 1-SEP 30; 8:15 am to 5:45 pm; aft hour - fai Flight Service.
- Fqt vrb strong crosswind.
- Ski strip parl and adjacent threshold northwest side.
- Floatplane customs service available yarger lake 8 NM east.
- Runway condition unmn; recommended visual insp prior to landing.
- Elec filed eapis manifest required prior to departure.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -48C.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 16 departures from ORT in those twelve months, carrying 42 passengers in 63 seats (67% filled), to 4 destinations on 3 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northway → Fairbanks International ORT–FAI | 11 | 31 | 40-Mile Air, Warbelow |
| Northway → Tok ORT–TKJ | 3 | 7 | 40-Mile Air, Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Northway → Ted Stevens Anchorage International ORT–ANC | 1 | 4 | 40-Mile Air |
| Northway → Chisana ORT–CZN | 1 | 0 | 40-Mile Air |
All 4 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 15,800, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 4,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 8,000 |
| general aviation, local | 3,500 |
| military | 300 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Northway from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Northway, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 1 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,143 aircraft registered
- Fairbanks International (FAI) 11 flights in twelve months · 40-Mile Air, Warbelow
- Tok (TKJ) 3 flights in twelve months · 40-Mile Air, Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 1 flights in twelve months · 40-Mile Air
- Chisana (CZN) 1 flights in twelve months · 40-Mile Air
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ORT.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 2, 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.