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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.
North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. Incorporated in 1953, it is part of the Fairbanks metropolitan statistical area . As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 2,243, [ 2 ] up from 2,117 in 2010. [ 3 ]
Arctic Village Airport (IATA: ARC, ICAO: PARC, FAA LID: ARC) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) southwest of the central business district of Arctic Village, [1] a Native American village in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the Venetie Tribal Government.
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.
Utqiagvik is roughly 1,300 mi (2,100 km) south of the North Pole. Only 2.6% of the Earth's surface lies as far or farther from the equator as Utqiagvik. [29] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21 sq mi (54 km 2), of which 3 sq mi (7.8 km 2) are covered by water
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]
Situated on the Chukchi Sea at a latitude of 71.29°N, it is the northernmost airport in United States territory. The airport is named after American humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post, both of whom died about 9 mi (14 km) away at Point Barrow in a 1935 airplane crash. [3]
Northway Airport (IATA: ORT, ICAO: PAOR, FAA LID: ORT) is a state-owned public-use airport serving Northway, a community located in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. [2]