PAOR
Northway Airport
VFR
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Name
Northway Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
PAOR / ORT / PAOR
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- Region
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Timezone
12:06 am (AKST)
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Municipality
Northway
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Coordinates
62° 57′ 40″ N 141° 55′ 44″ E
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Elevation
1’715 ft (523 m MSL)
About Northway Airport
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.