Airports · Alaska · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

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 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
On the chart: Fairbanks sectional
In the FAA's files since: September 2015

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	150 × 150 ft	Concrete	Medium-intensity lights

Aircraft registered in Fort Wainwrite from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Fort Wainwrite, AK as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Fairbanks International FAI · 5 nm west Chena River 2Z5 · 5 nm west Bradley Sky-Ranch Airport 95Z · 8 nm southeast Ladd Army Airfield FBK · 1 nm east · private Metro Field MTF · 3 nm southwest · private Lakloey Air Park Airport AK22 · 4 nm east · private Moen'S Ranch Airport AK52 · 5 nm northeast · private Dalrymple'S Airport 31AK · 6 nm east · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 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.