EDF

Elmendorf Air Force Base

ICAO PAED61.2517°N 149.8071°W213 ft / 65 mMedium airport
On the map
Elmendorf AFB Alaska - 10sep2002
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Elmendorf Air Force Base (IATA: EDF, ICAO: PAED) is a medium airport in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It opened in 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 10,000 ft (3,048 m). It is operated by United States Air Force. In 2025 it handled 64 passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1940–1995
1940
OpenedElmendorf Air Force Base opens.
22 SEP 1995
Disaster1995 Alaska Boeing E-3 Sentry accident.24 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
06/24080° / 260° · LIT
LENGTH10,000 ft3,048 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt
16/34180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH7,493 ft2,284 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
273
174
90
64
15212425

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers64 (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M=3,689of 3,974 · #967 North America · #718 USLongest runway10,000 ft3,048 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,058of 29,823 · =243 North America · =191 USElevation213 ft65 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,521of 43,341 · =15,344 North America · =12,917 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 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

10 channels
A/DANCHORAGE APP/DEP118.600
ACPDENALI134.100
ATISATIS124.300
EMRRESCUE COORD CNTR123.100
GNDGND121.800
OPSOPS38.100
PMSVPMSV METRO34.660
PTDPTD37.220
SFASFA32.710
TWRTWR127.200