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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 and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions

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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

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
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Fairbanks sectional
Magnetic variation
14E
In the FAA's files since
April 1949

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1432N5,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.
FAA airport diagram for Eielson Air Force Base
The FAA's official airport diagram (taxiways, ramps, hot spots); tap to enlarge, or open the FAA's PDF.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
14/3214,530 × 150 ftConcreteHigh-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)119.9Eielson
Ground121.8Eielson
Tower127.2Eielson
Approach arriving from headings 180 to 359125.35Eielson
Approach · Departure arriving from headings 360 to 179127.1Eielson
Range and ctl Suais radio125.3Eielson
Pre-taxi clearance139.3Eielson
Operations Sourdough139.6Eielson

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Parking
hangars

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Fairbanks International (21 nm northwest).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fairbanks International (21 nm northwest).

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

  • 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.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Fairbanks from the FAA register

843 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairbanks, Alaska: 627 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Fuel and service companies in Fairbanks, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

Charter operators and airlines based in Fairbanks (12 of 22):

Repair stations in Fairbanks:

Companies in the same town as this airport, 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 airport

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal

1990-12-09ANC91LA016 · Beech Be-77 N3809Y · accident · no injuries
1990-10-07ANC91LA003 · Beech B55B N56AF · accident · no injuries
1987-03-08ANC87LA046 · Cessna 170B N4570C · accident · no injuries
1983-07-10ANC83FA120 · Cessna 305E N68396 · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/EIL.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 October 29, 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.