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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
1,715 ft / 523 m

1,554
  
Asphalt

Code
  
ORT

Phone
  
+1 907-883-5128

Serves
  
Northway, Alaska

5,100
  
1,554

Address
  
Northway, AK 99764, USA

Elevation
  
523 m

Northway Airport

Owner
  
Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region

Northway Airport (IATA: ORT, ICAO: PAOR, FAA LID: ORT) is a state owned, public use airport serving Northway, a community located in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

During World War II for northbound Lend-Lease aircraft on the Northwest Staging Route, the flight strip at Northway Army Airfield was the first stop in the Territory of Alaska.

Facilities and aircraft

Northway Airport covers an area of 1,150 acres (465 ha) at an elevation of 1,715 feet (523 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,100 by 100 feet (1,554 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 15,800 aircraft operations, an average of 43 per day: 73% general aviation, 25% air taxi, and 2% military.

References

Northway Airport Wikipedia