Fairbanks International Airport
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Fairbanks International Airport is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of the city of Fairbanks, Alaska.
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. Alaska Airlines, serves the airport year-round, while Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines serve FAI during the summer.
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.
Terminal
The terminal building, situated on the southwest side of the airport, contains seven gates, two for airlines that carry fewer than ten passengers and five for larger carriers. These gates are allocated as follows:- Gate 1: Frontier Flying Service
- Gate 2:
- Gate 3: Alaska Airlines
- Gate 4: Alaska Airlines
- Gate 6: Alaska Airlines
- Gate 7: BP-ConocoPhillips
- Gate 8: Alaska Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines
Airlines
Passenger airlines
- Alaska Airlines (Anchorage, Barrow, Seattle/Tacoma)
- Frontier Flying Service (Anchorage)
- Arctic Circle Air Service
- Belair
- Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)
- Tatonduk Flying Service
- Northwest Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul [seasonal)
- Delta Air Lines (Salt Lake City [seasonal])
Cargo airlines
- 40-Mile Air
- Air Cargo Express
- Air Central Express
- Air North
- Alaska Central Express
- Cargolux
- Lufthansa Cargo
- Northern Air Cargo
- Servant Air
- Tanana Air Service
- Tatonduk Flying Service
- Wright Air Service
Charter airlines
- Condor Airlines
- Larry's Flying Service
- Thomas Cook Airlines
- Tundra Copters
- Warbelow's Air Ventures
External links
- [Fairbanks International Airport]
- [FAI terminal expansion]
- Resources for this airport:
- * AirNav [airport information for PAFA]
- * FlightAware [airport information] and [live flight tracker]
- * NOAA/NWS [current] and [historical] weather observations
- * SkyVector [aeronautical chart for FAI]
- *[Check current FAA delays for this airport]
- *[FAA Airport Diagram] (PDF)
- *[World Aero Data on this airport (PAFA)]
- [Maps and aerial photos]
- * WikiSatellite view at [WikiMapia]
- * Street map from [MapQuest] or [Google Local]
- * Topographic map from [TopoZone]
- * Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
- * Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Microsoft Virtual Earth]
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