Eielson Air Force Base
EIL · PAEI · Fairbanks, Alaska · Fairbanks North Star County · map
Eielson Air Force Base is a private airport owned by U S Govt Usaf, 17 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, 548 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 14,530 feet of concrete. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now PAEI · observed 12:55 pm AKDT (20:55 UTC), 70 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 600 feet
- Temperature 35°F (2°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 29.67 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:30 pm AKDT (20:30 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm AKDT (20:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm AKDT (20:00 UTC): wind light and variable, light snow showers, overcast at 500 feet IFR
- Changing between Tue 2:00 pm AKDT (22:00 UTC) and 3:00 pm AKDT (23:00 UTC) to: wind light and variable, mist, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- Changing between Tue 8:00 pm AKDT (04:00 UTC) and 9:00 pm AKDT (05:00 UTC) to: wind light and variable, light rain snow, mist, overcast at 1,000 feet MVFR
- Changing between Wed 12:00 am AKDT (08:00 UTC) and 1:00 am AKDT (09:00 UTC) to: wind light and variable, light snow showers, freezing fog, sky obscured at 300 feet LIFR
- Changing between Wed 11:00 am AKDT (19:00 UTC) and 12:00 pm AKDT (20:00 UTC) to: wind light and variable, a broken layer at 1,000 feet, a broken layer at 3,000 feet and more above MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAEI 062055Z 00000KT 10SM OVC006 02/M00 A2967 RMK AO2A CIG 005 RWY14 SLP056 T00171002 52020 $
TAF AMD PAEI 062030Z 0620/0720 VRB06KT 9999 -SHSN OVC005 610059 QNH2966INS BECMG 0622/0623 VRB06KT 8000 BR OVC007 QNH2973INS BECMG 0704/0705 VRB06KT 4000 -RASN BR OVC010 620109 QNH2981INS BECMG 0708/0709 VRB06KT 0800 -SHSN FZFG VV003 610079 QNH2988INS BECMG 0719/0720 VRB06KT 9999 NSW BKN010 BKN030 OVC080 620307 QNH3002INS TX04/0623Z TNM03/0712Z
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EIL · ICAO PAEI
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- U S Govt Usaf
- Elevation
- 548 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1600-0800z++
- Attended
- every day, 4:00 pm to 0800z++
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 14,530 × 150 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 32: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.9 | Eielson |
| Ground | 121.8 | Eielson |
| Tower | 127.2 | Eielson |
| Approach arriving from headings 180 to 359 | 125.35 | Eielson |
| Approach · Departure arriving from headings 360 to 179 | 127.1 | Eielson |
| Range and ctl Suais radio | 125.3 | Eielson |
| Pre-taxi clearance | 139.3 | Eielson |
| Operations Sourdough | 139.6 | Eielson |
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 · 4 since 1982, 0 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
- Prior permission required required or emergency.
- Transient alert service available H24.
- BAK-12B (1104 feet) (3338 feet).
- BAK-12B (1248 feet).
- Departure rmn at or below 1500 feet until departure end.
- Non-standard; north 11314 feet 300 feet wide; south 3200 feet 150 feet wide. Light at taxiway a entrance east side of runway; gap between lights 446 feet. Light at taxiway C entrance east side of runway; gap between light 400 feet.
- 300 feet wide entire length; cntr 150 feet usable.
- Crypto mtrl transient crew not available. Vip 30 minimum prior permission required with chock time - afld mgmt. Ltd fleet service. No potable water.
- Ovhd traffic pattern altitude 2000 feet above sea level; rectangular traffic pattern altitude 1500 feet above sea level.
- Avoid small arms range 2.5 NM east of runway 32 end; wkend 1700-0100Z++; surface - 3500 feet above ground level.
- Bash phase II apr, may, aug and sep. Gulls, ducks and geese pose hazard when standing water on field. Rpt bird and animal strikes in the vicinity of airport to afld mgmt - D317-377-186, ptd or 354 FW/southeast D317-377-4110.
- File flight plan 2 hour bfr departure. Arrival rqr customs 1.5 hour prior permission required - command post. U.south. Immigration service not available.
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.