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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] Fairbanks was the smallest city in the United States with regularly scheduled non-stop international flights, as Condor offered weekly flights to Frankfurt during the summer tourist season.[4] Air North is now the only international airline to offer scheduled charters with flights (to Canada).

Fairbanks International Airport
  • ICAO: PAFA
  • FAA LID: FAI
    • Summary
    Airport typePublic
    OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF
    ServesFairbanks, Alaska
    LocationSouth Van Horn, Alaska[1]
    Hub for

    Elevation AMSL439 ft / 134 m
    Coordinates64°48′54″N 147°51′23″W / 64.81500°N 147.85639°W / 64.81500; -147.85639
    Websitedot.alaska.gov/faiiap/
    Maps
    FAA airport diagram
    FAA airport diagram
    Map
    Runways
    Direction Length Surface
    ft m
    2L/20R 11,800 3,597 Asphalt
    2R/20L 6,501 1,981 Asphalt
    2/20 2,900 884 Gravel/Ski Strip
    2W/20W 5,400 1,646 Water/Winter Ski Strip
    Statistics
    Aircraft operations (12 month end 2-28-2018)119,898
    Based aircraft (2018)569
    Passengers (12 month end 8-30-2018)1,077,000
    Freight (2015)133,685,593 lbs

    Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2]
    Source: Bureau of Transportation[3]

    History

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    Aerial view of Fairbanks International Airport

    Early years

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    The airport opened in 1951 and took over existing scheduled airline traffic to Fairbanks, which had previously used Ladd Army Airfield.[5] Alaska Airlines used Fairbanks as its main hub in the 1950s, with service to Seattle and Portland as well as intrastate service to Anchorage, Nome and other destinations.[6] By 1967, however, the airline shifted its Alaska hub to Anchorage; its Anchorage-Fairbanks service continues to this day.[7] In the mid-1970s, following the development of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Alaska Airlines and Braniff International offered "interchange service" between Fairbanks and Houston via Anchorage, Seattle and Dallas.[8] In 1982, following airline deregulation, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines began a similar interchange service using Boeing 727s.[9]

    Pan American World Airways had also served Fairbanks since 1932. The station was originally opened after the acquisition of Pacific International Airways and used for short-haul services to Juneau, Seattle, Ketchikan, Whitehorse and other destinations.[10] Pan Am intended to use Fairbanks as a stop for service to Asia as early as 1931, but initial difficulty in negotiating landing rights with the Soviet Union, followed by the outbreak of World War II, delayed these plans until decades later. Pan Am service to Fairbanks continued through the opening of FAI until 1965, when the Civil Aeronautics Board terminated Pan Am's rights to serve Alaska.[11]

    Pan American World Airways eventually used Fairbanks as a stopover for transpacific service from New York and Seattle to Tokyo starting in September 1969.[12][13][14] In 1974, Pan Am agreed to transfer its Fairbanks-Seattle service to Western Airlines, and requested that the CAB allow its New York-Tokyo service to be suspended from April 1975.[15] Other carriers such as Japan Airlines and Korean Air began to use Fairbanks as a technical stop for transpacific cargo flights in the late 1970s.[5]

    Development since the 2000s

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    On October 11, 2009, the airport completed a new terminal and began demolishing the old terminal which was built in 1948. The new terminal is built around the modern TSA standards. In addition to architectural design and better security, the main terminal now has six jet-bridges (up from the former five).[16] The 2,700m2 of custom-unitized curtain wall was designed and supplied by Overgaard Ltd. Hong Kong. The special design incorporates double low-e triple glazing. The new building's footprint is smaller than the old building.

    For the 12-month period ending February 28, 2018, the airport had 119,898 aircraft operations, an average of 328 per day: 58% general aviation, 31% air taxi, 9% scheduled commercial, and 2% military. At that time there were 569 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, <1% jet and <1% helicopter.[2]

    Facilities

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    Terminal

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    The terminal building, situated on the northwest side of the airport, contains eight gates: two for commuter carriers and six for larger carriers.

    Runways

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    Fairbanks International Airport covers an area of 3,470 acres (1,404 ha) at an elevation of 439 feet (134 m) above mean sea level. It has four runways:[2][17]

    Airlines and destinations

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    Passenger

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    AirlinesDestinationsRefs
    40-Mile Air Delta, Healy Lake, Tok [18]
    Air North Seasonal Charter: Dawson City [19]
    Alaska Airlines Anchorage, Seattle/Tacoma [20]
    Delta Air Lines Seattle/Tacoma
    Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul     		[21]
    Everts Air Anaktuvuk Pass, Arctic Village, Eagle, Fort Yukon, Galena, Huslia, Kaktovik/Barter Island, Kaltag, Nulato, Ruby, Venetie [22]
    United Airlines Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, Denver[23] [24]
    Warbelow's Air Ventures Beaver, Central, Circle, Manley Hot Springs, Minto, Rampart, Stevens Village [25]
    Wright Air Service Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Arctic Village, Bettles, Birch Creek, Chalkyitsik, Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay, Fort Yukon, Galena, Hughes, Huslia, Kaktovik/Barter Island, Kaltag, Koyukuk, Lake Minchumina, Nulato, Ruby, Tanana, Venetie [26]

    Cargo

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    AirlinesDestinations
    Amazon Air Portland (OR), Spokane[27]
    DHL Aviation Los Angeles
    Empire Airlines Anchorage

    Statistics

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    Annual passenger traffic at FAI airport. See Wikidata query.
     
    Onboard Alaska Airlines departing Fairbanks International Airport in 2021
     
    Terminal interior
     
    The airport's control tower, located on the East Ramp
    Top domestic destinations (September 2022 - August 2023)[3]
    Rank City Passengers Carriers
    1 Seattle/Tacoma, WA 274,000 Alaska, Delta
    2 Anchorage, AK 191,000 Alaska
    3 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 15,000 Delta
    4 Chicago, IL 13,000 United
    5 Galena, AK 8,000 Everts, Wright
    6 Fort Yukon, AK 5,000 Everts, Wright
    7 Anaktuvuk Pass, AK 3,000 Everts, Wright
    8 Huslia, AK 2,000 Everts, Wright
    9 Bettles, AK 2,000 Wright
    10 Tanana, AK 1,000 Wright

    Airline market share

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    Top airlines at FAI (September 2022 - August 2023)[28]
    Rank Airline Passengers Percent of market share
    1 Alaska Airlines 638,000 60.33%
    2 Horizon Air 190,000 17.94%
    3 Delta Air Lines 135,000 12.80%
    4 Wright Air Service 48,000 4.51%
    5 United Airlines 27,000 2.58%
    6 Other Airlines 19,000 1.83%

    Annual traffic

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    Annual passenger traffic at FAI airport. See Wikidata query.

    Accidents and incidents

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    References

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    1. ^ a b "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: South Van Horn CDP, AK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  • ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for FAI PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective February 22, 2024.
  • ^ a b "Fairbanks, AK: Fairbanks International (FAI)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  • ^ International Transportation Fact Sheet Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, State of Alaska Governor's Office of International Trade
  • ^ a b "History of Fairbanks International Airport". Fairbanks International Airport. Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. 2011.
  • ^ "Alaska Airlines system schedule". Timetable Images. June 7, 1953.
  • ^ "Alaska Airlines system schedule". Timetable Images. June 1, 1967.
  • ^ "Alaska Airlines System Wide Routes". Departed Flights. February 1, 1975.
  • ^ "History of American Airlines". American Airlines. June 2015. Archived from the original on 2012-05-26.
  • ^ "Pan Am to stop Alaska flights, closes chapter in aviation history". Ellensburg Daily Record. UPI. September 19, 1978.
  • ^ Kiffer, Dave (December 29, 2006). "Pan Am: Once Ketchikan's Link to the Outside World". Stories in the News. Ketchikan, Alaska.
  • ^ "Pan Am introduces the first nonstop service from Fairbanks to Tokyo". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. August 5, 1969.
  • ^ "Pan Am route map" (Map). Departed Flights. February 1, 1972.
  • ^ "Pan Am World Routes" (Map). Departed Flights. April 29, 1973.
  • ^ "Pan Am route sale to Western okayed by CAB". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. February 14, 1975.
  • ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 21, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • ^ "FAI airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  • ^ "40-Mile Air Scheduled Destinations". 40-Mile Air. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  • ^ "Flight Schedules". Air North. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  • ^ "Route Map". Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  • ^ "Flight Status & Notifications". Delta Air Lines. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  • ^ "Passenger Schedules". Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  • ^ "United Airlines Adds New Alaska and Canada Routes". January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  • ^ "Check flight schedules and notifications". United Airlines. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  • ^ "Scheduled Service". Warbelow's Air Ventures. Retrieved Sep 15, 2022.
  • ^ "Timetable". Wright Air Service. Retrieved Sep 15, 2022.
  • ^ "StackPath". 15 October 2021.
  • ^ "BTS Transtats". Washington, DC: Bureau of Transportation.
  • ^ Accident description for N68963 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on September 12, 2022.
  • ^ Accident description for N77DG at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on October 29, 2020.
  • ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
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