Northway Airport
| Northway Airport (former Northway Airfield) |
|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250px | |||||||||||
| IATA: ORT – ICAO: PAOR – FAA LID: ORT – WMO: 70291 |
|||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | ||||||||||
| Serves | Northway, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,715 ft / 523 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
 ORT
|
|||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
| Statistics (2005) | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
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.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
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.[3]
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).[1]
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.[1]
Airline and destination
The following airline offers scheduled passenger service at this airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| 40-Mile Air | Tok [4] |
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
- Topographic map as of July 1955 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for ORT, effective February 20, 2025
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for ORT
- AirNav airport information for PAOR
- ASN accident history for ORT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAOR
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for ORT
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for ORT (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Smith, Blake W. Wings Over the Wilderness. Hancock House Publishers, 2008, p. 61.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
