Fairbanks International Airport

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Fairbanks International Airport
Fairbanks International Airport diagram. US FAA image.
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°48′54″N 147°51′23″W / 64.815°N 147.85639°W / 64.815; -147.85639
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
2L/20R	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 (1996/2007)
Aircraft operations			133,267
Based aircraft			482
Passengers			898,000 (2007)
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 Frontier Airlines 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 six jet-bridges (up from the current five) and a more modern terminal.^[2]

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

[edit] 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 2L/20R: 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]

[edit] 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, BP-ConocoPhillips
• Gate 7: Alaska Airlines
• Gate 8:

[edit] Passenger airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air North	Dawson City [seasonal]
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	Frankfurt [seasonal]
Era Aviation	Anchorage
Everts Air	Arctic Village, Beaver, Eagle, Fort Yukon, Venetie
Frontier Airlines	Denver [seasonal; begins May 14][3]
Frontier Flying Service	Anchorage, Barter Island, Fort Yukon, Galena, Kotzebue, Nome, Ruby, Tanana
Japan Airlines	Fukuoka, Nagoya-Centrair, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita [all seasonal charters][4]
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis/St. Paul [seasonal]
Warbelow's Air Ventures	Bettles, Central, Eagle, Fort Yukon, Galena, Huslia, Rampart, Shungnak, Tanana
Wright Air Service	Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Arctic Village [seasonal], Bettles, Birch Creek, Coldfoot[flagstop], Fort Yukon, Tanana[1]

[edit] Cargo airlines

• 40-Mile Air
• Air Cargo Express
• Air Central Express
• Air North
• Alaska Central Express
• Cargolux [fuel stop]
• Everts Air Cargo
• Northern Air Cargo
• Servant Air
• Tanana Air Service
• Tatonduk Flying Service
• Wright Air Service

[edit] 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 (Northern Air Cargo "NAC" currently handles the ground operations)

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for FAI (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
2. ^ ^{a b} International Transportation Fact Sheet, State of Alaska Governor's Office of International Trade
3. ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Frontier-Expands-Service-to-bw-3949647397.html?x=0&.v=1
4. ^ http://www1.dot.state.ak.us/faiiap/pdfs/PRs/JAL-Release-5-16-08.pdf

[edit] 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 19 Nov 2009
• FAA Terminal Procedures for FAI, effective 19 Nov 2009
• 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