Northway FSS Multiple Photos

Posted: November 8, 2017

Northway FSS (ORT), Alaska  Facility Photos 

Northway FSS, Alaska, June 20, 1961

 

Northway FSS, Alaska, June 20, 1961

 

Northway FSS housing complex, Alaska, June 20, 1961

 

Northway Airport, Alaska, August 14, 1961

 

Northway Airport, Alaska, August 14, 1961

 

Gary Near at the Northway FSS Inflight position, Alaska, August 12, 1963

Northway FSS and local fire truck, Alaska, August 12, 1963

 

Northway FSS housing complex, Alaska, August 12, 1963

 

Northway FSS housing complex, Alaska, August 12, 1963

 

Northway FSS, Alaska, Weather Observation desk and Inflight console, August 12, 1963

 

Northway, Alaska, Airport, 1975

 

Lyle Cronk at the Northway Inflight position, Alaska, 1984

 

The above old Northway, Alaska, FSS facility was closed in 2000
A new facility was constructed nearby, in which a portion of the new facility can be seen to the far right.  The last day of operations at the old site ended on April 30, 2000.

 

Front view of the old Northway FSS building, Alaska
The FSS was located in the right half of the building and Airways Facilities in the other half.

 

The old Northway FSS on the left and the new FSS on the right

 

The new Northway FSS and living quarters combined into one building
Construction was completed in the year 2000. The new facility was commissioned on May 1, 2000.

 

The new Northway FSS, building and combined living quarters, Alaska, May 16, 2000

 

The new Northway FSS building and combined living quarters, Alaska, May 16, 2000

 

The new Northway FSS building and combined living quarters, Alaska, May 16, 2000

 

The new Northway FSS building and combined living quarters, Alaska, May 16, 2000

 

The new Northway FSS building and combined living quarters, Alaska, May 16, 2000

McGrath FSS Operations

Posted: November 8, 2017

McGrath FSS (MCG) Operations, Alaska
Operations area with view of one of the runways and parking apron.

Nenana Radio, Arley Evans, 1944

Posted: November 8, 2017


Submitted by Martha Ronaldson, daughter of above Arley Evans

Nenana Radio (ENN), Alaska, 1944

Arley Evans (1905-1980) working as a radio operator at Nenana Radio with his wife Bernice (see below photo). Arley was originally stationed at Nome Radio, his first Alaskan assignment, when World Ward II broke out.


Submitted by Martha Ronaldson, daughter of above Bernice Evans.

Nenana Radio (ENN), Alaska, 1944

Bernice Evans (1910-1999) working as a radio operator at Nenana Radio. Bernice’s daughter, Martha, said her mother was working in the local cafe and heard the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The CAA asked my mother if she’d like to join my father (see Arley Evans photo above) as a husband/wife team, so she attended the first class in Anchorage and was assigned to Nenana with her husband, Arley. There are many references to them in the Mukluk Telegraph (an Alaskan newsletter).

Old McGrath FSS

Posted: November 8, 2017

McGrath FSS (MCG), Alaska
The Flight Service Station was located on the second floor.

New McGrath FSS, Winter 2012

Posted: November 8, 2017


Photos Submitted by Tom Stovall

McGrath FSS (MCG), Alaska, 2012
The above and below photos depict the McGrath FSS during the winter of 2012.

McGrath is normally closed during the winter months but opened for the annual Iditarod dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome to support aircraft operations.