Editing Whittier, Alaska (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Alaska CRC.jpg|thumb|[[Alaska Railroad]] passenger train leaving Whittier towards the tunnel]]

===Harbor===
There is a harbor and a deep-water port used by cruise ships and the [[Alaska Marine Highway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whittieralaska.gov/whittier_harbor.html|title=Whittier Harbor|website=City of Whittier, Alaska|access-date=June 6, 2016|archive-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616165427/http://whittieralaska.gov/whittier_harbor.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Airfield and seaplane dock===
Whittier Airport (ICAO:PAWR) is an airfield with one aircraft runway designated 4/22 (formerly 3/21) with a gravel surface measuring {{convert|1480|by|60|ft|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.airnav.com/airport/PAWR|title=AirNav: PAWR - Whittier Airport|website=www.airnav.com|access-date=February 1, 2015|archive-date=November 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117130325/http://www.airnav.com/airport/PAWR|url-status=live}}</ref> There are no other facilities, and the runway is not maintained in winter. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 700 aircraft operations, an average of 58 per month: 97 percent [[general aviation]] and 3 percent [[air taxi]]. At that time there were two single-engine aircraft based at this airport.<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=IEM|use=PU|own=PU|site=50875.*A}}, effective July 2, 2009.</ref> The runway was {{convert|500|ft|m}} longer but was damaged by the [[1964 Alaska earthquake|1964 Good Friday earthquake]].

The city also operates a seaplane dock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Whittier|title=Welcome to our New Website, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006013100/http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Whittier|archive-date=October 6, 2009}}</ref>

===Tunnel===
{{main|Portage Glacier Highway}}
Known by locals as the Whittier tunnel or the Portage tunnel, the [[Portage Glacier Highway#Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel|Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel]] is a tunnel through [[Maynard Mountain]]. It links the [[Seward Highway]] south of Anchorage with Whittier and is the only land access to the town. It is part of the Portage Glacier Highway and at {{convert|13300|ft|m}}, is the second-longest highway tunnel, and longest combined rail and highway tunnel in North America.<ref name="tunnel">{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.ak.us/creg/whittiertunnel/index.shtml|title=Whittier Tunnel, Transportation & Public Facilities, State of Alaska|author=©Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, all rights reserved.|access-date=January 8, 2015|archive-date=February 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210050233/http://www.dot.state.ak.us/creg/whittiertunnel/index.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Alaska Rail connection===
Whittier is Alaska Rail ARRC's connection to the rail systems in Canada and the lower 48 states (by way of [[Car float|rail barge]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://whittieralaska.gov/2005%20update%20Whittier%20Comp%20Plan.pdf|title=page 66|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=April 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421091730/http://whittieralaska.gov/2005%20update%20Whittier%20Comp%20Plan.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>