# Metro Field (MTX / MTF)

**Metro Field** (IATA: MTX, FAA: MTF) is a small airport in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1967. It has one runway, 4,600 ft (1,402 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 354 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MTX / —
- FAA: MTF
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jul 1967
- Elevation: 432 ft / 132 m
- Coordinates: 64.8068, -147.7620
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,600 ft / 1,402 m
- Passengers: 354 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61670928
- Weather station: PAFA · WMO 70261
- Ident: MTF

## Timeline

- Jul 1967: Metro Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 4,600 ft / 1,402 m | 80 ft / 24 m | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | 307 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 325 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 368 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 442 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 354 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from MTX, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (2)

- [PPC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papr.md) Prospect Creek Airport · United States · 161 mi / 259 km · 31 passengers · 3AQ
- [GKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pagk.md) Gulkana Airport · United States · 196 mi / 316 km · 15 passengers · 3AQ

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MTX, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- 3AQ · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 354 (2025) | #3,479 of 3,974 | #923 in North America | #677 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,600 ft / 1,402 m | =7,734 of 29,858 | =2,945 in North America | =2,426 in US |
| Elevation | 432 ft / 132 m | =28,410 of 43,403 | =13,448 in North America | =11,286 in US |
| Age | Opened 1967 | =5,747 of 15,079 | =4,072 in North America | =3,985 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [FAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafa.md) Fairbanks International Airport · 2.8 mi / 4.5 km
- [AK28](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak28.md) Chena Marina Airport · 4.6 mi / 7.5 km
- [FBK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafb.md) Ladd Army Airfield · 4.8 mi / 7.8 km
- [US-3163](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3163.md) Creamers Field Airpark · 5.3 mi / 8.5 km
- [AK22](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak22.md) Lakloey Air Park · 7.1 mi / 11 km
- [32AK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/32ak.md) Hardrock Field · 8.3 mi / 13 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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/mtf/data