Antenna structures in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

With 58 registrations, Northwest Arctic Borough ranks 11th of 28 counties in Alaska; Anchorage Municipality leads the state with 382. The average registered overall height here is 22 m, about 36% below the Alaska average of 34 m. The tallest standing structure, at 100 m, is about 4.6 times the county average.

The most common filed structure type in Northwest Arctic Borough is lattice tower (code LTOWER), with 21 registrations (36.2%). It is followed by tower (18) and guyed tower (4). In all, 9 different FCC structure-type codes appear in the county.

By registration status: 37 constructed, 14 granted (not yet constructed), 5 canceled and 2 dismantled. Only constructed registrations describe structures the registry treats as standing; canceled, dismantled and terminated records stay listed as history.

GCI Communication Corp and The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC hold the most registrations in Northwest Arctic Borough, 12 each of the 58. Other owners include OTZ Telecommunications Inc. (11), Maniilaq Association (8) and United Utilities, Inc. (5). 9 owners with two or more registrations nationwide hold structures in the county.

Registrations in Northwest Arctic Borough list 12 different city or place names. The most frequent are Kotzebue (19), Selawik (8), Buckland (6), Noatak (6) and Kiana (5).