Northway Army Airfield | |
Type: | Military |
Owner: | United States Army |
Location: | Northway, Alaska |
Elevation-F: | 1,715 |
Coordinates: | 62.9611°N -141.9281°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Alaska |
Pushpin Label: | Northfield AAF |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
R1-Number: | 5/23 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,100 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Northway Army Airfield is a former United States Army airfield located in Northway, a community located in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. 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] It is now the state owned Northway Airport.