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The airport opened in 1951 and took over existing scheduled airline traffic to Fairbanks, which had previously used Ladd Army Airfield. [5] Alaska Airlines used Fairbanks as its main hub in the 1950s, with service to Seattle and Portland as well as intrastate service to Anchorage, Nome and other destinations. [6]
This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
The U.S. government acquired homesteads southeast of the town of Fairbanks beginning in 1938. From this 6 square miles (16 km 2 ) Ladd Field was created. The first aircraft to land there was a Douglas O-38 F, 33-324 , c/n 1177, in October 1940, which is now preserved in the National Museum of the United States Air Force . [ 7 ]
Weeks Field Runway, 1934 Aerial view of Fairbanks, Weeks Field visible on the right (1934) Detail view of airport facilities, 1934. Weeks Field was the first airport for Fairbanks, Alaska, existing from 1923 to 1951, when most operations were moved to Fairbanks International Airport.
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC, FAA LID: ANC) [4] is a major airport in the U.S. state of Alaska, located 5 miles (8 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage. [1] The airport is named for Ted Stevens, who served as a senator of Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
Wright Air Service terminal building. Wright Air Service is an American commuter airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.It was established by Al Wright and started operations in 1967.
Wright Air Service, based in Fairbanks, Alaska, purchased Ravn's terminal and other assets and now operates across the North Slope out of that location. The airport first opened in April 1970, and does not have a control tower. The elevation of the airport is 67.4 ft (20.5m).
Allen Army Airfield (IATA: BIG, ICAO: PABI, FAA LID: BIG) is a public and military use airport serving Fort Greely and located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Delta Junction, a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.