SKA

Fairchild Air Force Base

ICAO KSKA47.6151°N 117.6560°W2,462 ft / 751 mMedium airport
On the map

Fairchild Air Force Base (IATA: SKA, ICAO: KSKA) is a medium airport in Spokane, Washington, United States. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 13,899 ft (4,236 m) long, concrete. It is operated by Air Mobility Command.

Timeline

2 events · 1942–1994
1942
OpenedFairchild Air Force Base opens.
24 JUN 1994
Disaster1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash.4 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
05/23066° / 246° · LIT
LENGTH13,899 ft4,236 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway13,899 ft4,236 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#50of 29,823 · #16 North America · #12 USElevation2,462 ft751 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#7,049of 43,341 · #3,300 North America · #2,537 USAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =885 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DSPOKANE APP/DEP123.750
ATISATIS25.762
GNDGND121.850
OPSWASHINGTON ANG OPS29.370
PMSVPMSV METRO23.480
POSTCOMD POST31.100
PTDPTD130.000
TWRTWR126.200