EIL

Eielson Air Force Base

ICAO PAEI64.6657°N 147.1020°W548 ft / 167 mMedium airport
On the map
Eielson AFB AK -6 Jun 1999
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Eielson Air Force Base (IATA: EIL, ICAO: PAEI) is a medium airport in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It opened in 1941. It has one runway, 14,530 ft (4,429 m) long, concrete. It is operated by United States Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1941–1941
1941
OpenedEielson Air Force Base opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
14/32159° / 339° · LIT
LENGTH14,530 ft4,429 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway14,530 ft4,429 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#37of 29,823 · #12 North America · #9 USElevation548 ft167 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=26,277of 43,341 · =12,611 North America · =10,527 USAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =737 North America · =705 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

13 channels
APPFAIRBANKS APP125.350
ASOSASOS118.525
ATISATIS27.350
CLDCLNC DEL34.370
DEPFAIRBANKS DEP126.500
GNDGND121.800
INFORANGE CON125.300
MISCSOURDOUGH139.600
OPSIGLOO25.950
PMSVPMSV METRO34.660
POSTCHENA CON23.810
PTDPTD37.220
TWRTWR127.200