Bach Helipad
8AK0 · Fort Wainwrite, Alaska · Fairbanks North Star County · map
Bach Helipad is a private heliport owned by the US Army, Ft Wainwright in Fort Wainwrite, Alaska, 453 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 150 by 150 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8AK0
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army, Ft Wainwright
- Elevation
- 453 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2015
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 150 × 150 ft | Concrete | Medium-intensity lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Fairbanks International (5 nm west), Nenana Municipal (40 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fairbanks International (5 nm west), Nenana Municipal (40 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights H1 when the control tower closed - 142.35.
- Caution: lighted hwy parallel to and North runway 06/24 can be confused with runway durg approach.
- Caution: main road immediately off approach end of runway 06 and runway 24.
- South taxiway closed 6:30 am to 7:30 am MON-FRI.
- Heavy bird activity in the vicinity of airport.
- Be alert numerous night device aircraft operations in the vicinity of wainwright aaf. Expect numerous dimly lit aircraft in the tannana flats and yukon training areas durg hours of darkness and weekdays from sep through app.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Wainwrite from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Wainwrite, AK as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- University of Alaska Fairbanks 45 aircraft · Fairbanks, 6 miles away
- Arctic Flying Club 2 aircraft · Fairbanks, 6 miles away Arctic Flying Club is a flying club based at Fairbanks International Airport in Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Holy Cow Flying Club 1 aircraft · Fairbanks, 6 miles away Arctic Flying Club is a flying club based at Fairbanks International Airport in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 825 in the last ten years
- University of Alaska Fairbanks 45 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Arctic Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Holy Cow Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8AK0.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 6, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.