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Fairbanks International Airport (IATA: FAI, ICAO: PAFA, FAA LID: FAI) is a state-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Fairbanks, a city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of the United States state of Alaska. [2] It is located in the South Van Horn census-designated place. [1]
This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Fairbanks is in the Tanana Valley, straddling the Chena River near its confluence with the Tanana River. The Tanana River marks the city's southern border, and the Tanana Flats, a large area of marsh and bog, is south of the river. Fairbanks is the coldest city in the United States with a population of at least 10,000 people. [9]
Ladd Army Airfield, about 1943 Emblem of the 5001st Air Base Group, Ladd AFB 1947-1959 Ladd AFB organizational chart, 1952. Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB, FAA LID: FBK) is the military airfield located at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Deadhorse Airport (Prudhoe Bay Airport) P-N 64,245 Dillingham: DLG DLG PADL Dillingham Airport: P-N 25,988 Fairbanks: FAI FAI PAFA Fairbanks International Airport: P-S 450,694 Gustavus: GST GST PAGS Gustavus Airport: P-N 10,305 Homer: HOM HOM PAHO Homer Airport: P-N 30,972 Juneau: JNU JNU PAJN Juneau International Airport: P-N 306,512 Kenai ...
Location within Fairbanks North Star Borough and the state of Alaska. Eielson Air Force Base first appeared on the 1970 United States census as an unincorporated area. In 1980, it was made a census-designated place (CDP). It is located within Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska.
The route was developed in 1942 for several reasons. Initially, the 7th Ferrying Group, Ferrying Command, United States Army Air Corps (later Air Transport Command) at Gore Field (Great Falls Municipal Airport) was ordered to organize and develop an air route to send assistance to the Soviet Union through Northern Canada, across Alaska and the Bering Sea to Siberia, and eventually over to the ...
The expressway begins as a continuation of Geist Road at an intersection with University Avenue near the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. From this point it continues east as a four-lane expressway, passing through an interchange with Peger Road, providing access to commercial districts along Airport Way to the south.