# Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA / KSKA)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kska

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SKA / KSKA
- FAA: SKA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Air Mobility Command
- Serves: Spokane, Washington, United States
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 2,462 ft / 751 m
- Coordinates: 47.6151, -117.6560
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 13,899 ft / 4,236 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches, 2 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.fairchild.af.mil/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Air_Force_Base (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1513045
- Weather station: KSKA
- Ident: KSKA

## Timeline

- 1942: Fairchild Air Force Base opens.
- 24 Jun 1994: 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash. 4 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 13,899 ft / 4,236 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 066° / 246° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00553AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 13,899 ft / 4,236 m | #50 of 29,858 | #16 in North America | #12 in US |
| Elevation | 2,462 ft / 751 m | #7,053 of 43,403 | #3,304 in North America | #2,541 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SPOKANE APP/DEP | 123.750 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 25.762 |
| GND | GND | 121.850 |
| OPS | WASHINGTON ANG OPS | 29.370 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 23.480 |
| POST | COMD POST | 31.100 |
| PTD | PTD | 130.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 126.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [GEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgeg.md) Spokane International Airport · 5.7 mi / 9.2 km
- [SFF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksff.md) Felts Field · 16 mi / 26 km
- [COE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcoe.md) Coeur D'Alene Airport - Pappy Boyington Field · 40 mi / 65 km
- [PUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpuw.md) Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport · 66 mi / 105 km
- [MWH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmwh.md) Grant County International Airport · 83 mi / 133 km
- [LWS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klws.md) Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport · 91 mi / 146 km

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #50

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kska/data