FBK

Ladd Army Airfield

ICAO PAFB64.8375°N 147.6140°W449 ft / 137 mMedium airport
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Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region · Public domain · Commons

Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB) is a medium airport in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It opened in May 1949. It has one runway, 8,575 ft (2,614 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Army.

Timeline

2 events · 1949–1985
MAY 1949
OpenedLadd Army Airfield opens.
04 FEB 1985
MilestoneListed as National Register of Historic Places listed place.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · 5 helipads · FAA diagram PDF
07/25089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH8,575 ft2,614 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway8,575 ft2,614 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,028of 29,823 · #454 North America · #337 USElevation449 ft137 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=28,096of 43,341 · =13,333 North America · =11,178 USAgeOpened 19492026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,461of 15,079 · =2,337 North America · =2,277 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

10 channels
APPFAIRBANKS APP125.350
ATISATIS134.250
CTAFCTAF125.000
DEPFAIRBANKS DEP125.350
FSSFAIRBANKS RDO25.540
GNDGND121.700
MISCMEDIVAC OPS142.350
OPSBASE OPS118.900
PMSVPMSV METRO128.800
TWRTWR125.000