Fairbanks International Airport ( English Fairbanks International Airport ), ( IATA : FAI , ICAO : PAFA , FAA LID : FAI ) is a state-owned civil airport located five kilometers south-west of the central business district of the city of Fairbanks ( Alaska ), USA . [one]
| International Airport "Fairbanks" | ||||||||||||||||
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| Fairbanks International Airport | ||||||||||||||||
 Fairbanks International Airport | ||||||||||||||||
| IATA : FAI - ICAO : PAFA - FAA : FAI | ||||||||||||||||
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| Type of | civil | |||||||||||||||
| A country | USA | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Fairbanks , Alaska | |||||||||||||||
| opening date | 1951 | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities | |||||||||||||||
| Operator | Alaska State | |||||||||||||||
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| NUM height | 132 m | |||||||||||||||
| Timezone | UTC-9 | |||||||||||||||
| • In the summer | UTC-8 | |||||||||||||||
| Working hours | around the clock | |||||||||||||||
| Site | fai.alaska.gov | |||||||||||||||
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Location of the airport on the map of Alaska | ||||||||||||||||
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| Annual passenger traffic | 898,000 ( 2007 ) | |||||||||||||||
| Takeoff / landing | 119,898 ( 2012 ) | |||||||||||||||
Fairbanks International Airport serves mainly cargo airlines that use the airport for additional refueling when performing long-distance transpolar flights. The service of regular passenger flights is represented by the airport in limited quantities. Era Aviation and Alaska Airlines operate at Fairbanks International Airport all year round, and the main carrier Northwest Airlines opens regular flights only during the summer season.
Fairbanks is the smallest city in the United States connected by non-stop air routes to Europe : during the summer tourist season, Condor Airlines launches a weekly transpolar flight from Fairbanks to Frankfurt .
Currently, work is underway on the reconstruction and expansion of the building of the passenger terminal of the airport, associated with the constant increase in passenger traffic through Fairbanks International Airport . Upon completion, a new terminal building will be put into operation and an additional telescopic gangway will be commissioned, the total number of telescopes will reach six units.
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Operating activities
Fairbanks International Airport covers an area of 1,404 hectares (3,470 acres ), is located at an altitude of 132 meters above sea level and operates four runways [1] :
- 2L / 20R with dimensions of 3597 x 46 meters with asphalt pavement;
- 2R / 20L dimensions 1981 x 30 meters with asphalt pavement;
- 2/20 in size 884 x 23 meters with a gravel surface;
- 2W / 20W with dimensions of 1646 x 30 meters - for receiving seaplanes .
For the period from August 28, 1995 to August 22, 1996, Fairbanks International Airport handled 133,267 operations of aircraft take-offs and landings (365 operations daily). Of these, 68% were for general aviation , 18% for aerotaxi, 12% took regular commercial flights and 2% for military aircraft.
The airport was used as a base for 482 aircraft, of which 89% were single-engine aircraft, 9% were multi-engine and 2% were helicopters.
Passenger Terminal
The building of the passenger terminal of Fairbanks International Airport is located in the southwestern part of the entire airport complex and contains seven gates: two for local carriers and five for major airlines:
- Gate 1: Era Aviation / Frontier Flying Service
- Gate 2: local airlines
- Gate 3: Alaska Airlines
- Gate 4: Alaska Airlines
- Gate 6: Alaska Airlines, Northwest Airlines , BP - ConocoPhillips
- Gate 7: Alaska Airlines
- Gate 8: local airlines.
Airlines and non-stop flights
| Airline | Destinations |
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| 40-Mile Air | : Delta Junction , Healy Lake , Talk Junction |
| Air north | Seasonal : : Dawson City , Old Crow |
| Alaska Airlines | : Anchorage , Barrow , Deadhorse / Prudhoe Bay , Portland , Seattle / Tacoma |
| Alaska Airlines Horizon Air Management | : Anchorage |
| Condor Airlines | Seasonal : Frankfurt |
| Delta air lines | : Seattle / Tacoma Seasonal : Minneapolis / St. Paul |
| Delta connection | Seasonal : Seattle / Tacoma |
| Everts air | : Arctic Village , Beaver , Eagle , Fort Yukon , Veneti |
| Frontier Flying Service | : Anchorage , Barter Island , Fort Yukon , Galina , Kotzebue , Nome , Ruby , Tanana |
| Ravn alaska | : Anchorage , Barrow , Deadhorse / Prudhoe Bay , Galina , Kotzebue . |
| United airlines | Seasonal : Chicago / O'Hara |
| Warbelow's Air Ventures | : Bettles , Central , Eagle , Fort Yukon , Rampart , Shangnak , Stevens Village , Tanana |
| Wright air service | : Allakaket , Anaktuvuk Pass , Bettles , Birch Creek , Coldfoot , Fort Yukon , Huslia , Tanana Seasonal : Arctic Village |
Freight Airlines
| Airline | Destinations |
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| Antonov Airlines | Seoul / Incheon |
| DHL Aviation manages Atlas Air | Los Angeles |
| Empire Airlines | Anchorage |
| Ravn alaska | Anchorage |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Data base airports FAI BET ( Form 5010 PDF )
Links
- Fairbanks International Airport Airport Official Website
- FAI Terminal Area Development Project
- FAA Alaska airport map ( GIF )
- FAA Alaska airport diagram ( GIF )
- FAI Airport Map for Fairbanks International Airport ( PDF ) , as of August 28, 2008