Airport Fairbanks (USA) - International

Fairbanks International Airport
IATA: FAI ICAO: PAFA FAA: FAI
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		State of Alaska DOT&PF
Location		Fairbanks, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		434 ft / 132 m
Coordinates		64°4854N 147°5123W / 64.815, -147.85639
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
1L/19R	11,800	3,597	Asphalt
1R/19L	6,500	1,981	Asphalt
1/19	2,900	884	Gravel
1W/19W	5,400	1,646	Water
Statistics (1996)
Aircraft operations			133,267
Based aircraft			482
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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 U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]

The airport serves many cargo airlines as a convenient refueling stop for some aircraft on trans-polar routes. FAI is served by a limited number of passenger airlines. Era Aviation and Alaska Airlines, serve the airport year-round, while Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines serve FAI during the summer. Fairbanks is the smallest city in the United States with non-stop service to Europe, as Condor Airlines offers weekly flights to Frankfurt during the summer tourist season.^[2]

Currently, a terminal renovation/expansion project is beginning to unfold due to the steady increase in yearly passenger counts. At the conclusion of the renovation project, the terminal will have five jet-bridges (up from the current four) and a more modern terminal.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Facilities and aircraft 2 Airlines 3 Passenger airlines and destinations 3.1 Cargo airlines 3.2 Charter airlines 4 References 5 External links

Facilities and aircraft

Fairbanks International Airport covers an area of 3,470 acres (1,404 ha) which contains three runways and one seaplane landing area:^[1]

• Runway 1L/19R: 11,800 x 150 ft (3,597 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 1R/19L: 6,500 x 100 ft (1,981 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 1/19: 2,900 x 75 ft (884 x 23 m), Surface: Gravel
• Runway 1W/19W: 5,400 x 100 ft (1,646 x 30 m), Surface: Water

For the 12-month period ending August 28, 1996, the airport had 133,267 aircraft operations, an average of 365 per day: 68% general aviation, 18% air taxi, 12% scheduled commercial and 2% military. There are 482 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single engine, 9% multi-engine and 2% helicopters.^[1]

Airlines

The terminal building, situated on the southwest side of the airport, contains seven gates: two for commuter carriers and five for larger carriers. These gates are allocated as follows:^{[citation needed]}

• Gate 1: Era Aviation / Frontier Flying Service
• Gate 2:
• Gate 3: Alaska Airlines
• Gate 4: Alaska Airlines
• Gate 6: Alaska Airlines, Northwest Airlines,Delta Air Lines / BP-ConocoPhillips
• Gate 7: Alaska Airlines
• Gate 8:

Passenger airlines and destinations

• Alaska Airlines (Anchorage, Barrow, Prudhoe Bay, Seattle/Tacoma)
• Arctic Circle Air Service (Anchorage, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Arctic Village, Bethel, Bettles, Chalkyitsik, Dillingham, Eagle, Fort Yukon, Galena, Hughes, Huslia, Livengood, Minto, Nulato, Rampart, Tanana, Unalakleet, Venetie)
• Condor Airlines (Frankfurt) [seasonal]
• Delta Air Lines (Salt Lake City) [seasonal]
• Era Aviation (Anchorage)
• Evert's Air Alaska (Arctic Village, Beaver, Eagle, Fort Yukon, Venetie)
• Frontier Flying Service (Anchorage, Barter Island, Fort Yukon, Galena, Kotzebue, Nome, Ruby, Tanana)
• JAL (Tokyo Narita/Haneda, Nagoya ,Fukuoka)[seasonal]^{[citation needed]}
• Northwest Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul) [seasonal]

Cargo airlines

• 40-Mile Air
• Air Cargo Express
• Air Central Express
• Air North
• Alaska Central Express
• Cargolux
• Evert's Air Cargo
• Northern Air Cargo
• Servant Air
• Tanana Air Service
• Tatonduk Flying Service
• Wright Air Service

Charter airlines

• Condor Airlines
• Evert's Air Alaska
• JAL
• Larry's Flying Service
• Thomas Cook Airlines
• TEMSCO Helicopters,Arctic Division
• Warbelow's Air Ventures
• BP / ConocoPhillips (usually, though not always, operated by Alaska Airlines)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for FAI (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
2. ^ International Transportation Fact Sheet, State of Alaska Governor's Office of International Trade

External links

• Fairbanks International Airport (official web site)
• FAI Terminal Area Development Project
• FAA Alaska airport map (GIF)
• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
• FAA Airport Diagram for Fairbanks International Airport(PDF), effective 28 August 2008
• FAA Terminal Procedures for FAI, effective 28 August 2008
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for PAFA
  • ASN accident history for FAI
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PAFA
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAFA
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for FAI
  • Check current FAA delays for this airport

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