Northway Army Airfield

IATA: none – ICAO: none

Summary

Airport type

Military

Owner

United States Army

Location

Northway, Alaska

Elevation AMSL

1,715 ft / 523 m

Coordinates

62°57′40″N 141°55′41″W / 62.96111°N 141.92806°WCoordinates: 62°57′40″N 141°55′41″W / 62.96111°N 141.92806°W

Map

Northfield AAF

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	5,100	1,554	Asphalt

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Northway Army Airfield former United States Army airfield located in Northway, a community located in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1] During World War II for northbound Lend-Lease aircraft on the Northwest Staging Route, the flight strip at Northway was the first stop in the Territory of Alaska.^[2]

References

1 2 FAA Airport Master Record for ORT (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
↑ Smith, Blake W. Wings Over the Wilderness. Hancock House Publishers, 2008, p. 61.

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

USAAF Eleventh Air Force in World War II

Previously: Alaskan Air Force (1941-1942)

Bases

Combat Airfields	Adak/Davis Alexai Point Amchitka Elmendorf Fort Glenn Fort Morrow Fort Randall Shemya

Support Airfields	Annette Island Cordova Gakona Juneau Kiska Ogliuga Island Yakutat

Air Transport Command Northwest Staging Route (xfr to 11AF 1945)	Bethel Big Delta Galena Gambell Ladd McGrath Marks Mile 26 Moses Point Naknek Northway Tanacross

Units

Commands

Groups

Bombardment	28th Bombardment

Fighter	343d Fighter

United States Army Air Forces

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Northway Army Airfield

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