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Alaska plans long ice roads in Northwest Alaska to allow airport construction at remote town

Posted 2/5/26

How do you build a new airport in Arctic Alaska?  First, lay down an ice road.  Actually, three of them. As the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities prepares to build a new airport for the Northwest Alaska town of Noatak, the agency says it will need to build a 67-mile ice road for […]

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