Chena Marina Airport
AK28 · Fairbanks, Alaska · Fairbanks North Star County · map
Chena Marina Airport is a private airport owned by Chena Marina Floatpond & Rwy Assoc, 5 miles southwest of Fairbanks, Alaska, 427 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,700 feet of gravel. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AK28
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Chena Marina Floatpond & Rwy Assoc
- Elevation
- 427 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unattnd
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 27E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1991
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,700 × 60 ft | Gravel, good | |
| 18W/36W | 4,000 × 200 ft | Water |
- Runway 18: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 18W: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 118.3 |
Aircraft registered in Fairbanks from the FAA register
844 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairbanks, Alaska: 628 piston singles, 63 piston twins, 51 drones, 46 turboprops, 27 airliners and large jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 16 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided all requirements in letter dated 2/23/87 are followed.
- 24 hour. Credit card pump midfield on runway
- Use at own risk. Chena Marina is in fai class D airspace, all arriving/departing aircraft must contact fai tower (118.3) prior to operating in their airspace.
- Traffic pattern is on the west side of runways, with Chena ridge being the westside boundary. Pattern altitude is 1000 feet above sea level, and in no case to be above 1200 feet above sea level, to allow for separation with other fai traffic.
- Runway closely bordered by trees, aircraft, and floatpond. Occasional vehicles, people, and dogs on runway.
- Air taxi operations and at times heavy traffic on field. Be aware all traffic may not be in same direction as fai.
- Flight training with multiple takeoffs and landings not allowed. No student pilot solo flights allowed.
- Please consider other aircraft when doing RUN-UPS, as summer months very dusty. No designated transient parking area, all property bordering runway is privately owned.
- Floatpond for use by members only. Float pond is unattended, all landings at your own risk.
- Numerous air taxi operations and at times heavy traffic on floatpond.
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.