Ladd Army Airfield
FBK · PAFB · Fairbanks/Ft Wainwright, Alaska · Fairbanks North Star County · map
Ladd Army Airfield is a private airport owned by the U.S. Army, 2 miles east of Fairbanks/Ft Wainwright, Alaska, 454 feet above sea level. It has 6 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 8,575 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (JP-8).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FBK · ICAO PAFB
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- U.S. Army
- Elevation
- 454 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1700-0800z++ mon-fri; except holidays.
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 5:00 pm to 8:00 am++
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- JP-8; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1949
Runways 6
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 8,575 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | |
| H4 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | |
| H5 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | |
| H6 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | |
| H7 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good |
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.0 | Ladd · When tower closed activate afld lights - the common traffic frequency |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 134.25 | Ladd |
| Ground | 121.7 | Ladd |
| Approach · Departure arriving from headings 180 to 359 | 125.35 | Ladd |
| Approach arriving from headings 360 to 179 | 127.1 | Ladd |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Ladd |
| Precision approach radar | 121.3 | Ladd |
| Precision approach radar | 134.1 | Ladd |
| Base and operations | 139.3 | Ladd · Base operations MON-FRI 1700Z-0200Z++ |
| Pilot-to-weather (military) and metro | 142.1 | Ladd |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- JP-8
- Parking
- hangars
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fairbanks International (6 nm west), Nenana Municipal (41 nm southwest).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Fairbanks International (6 nm west), Nenana Municipal (41 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
- 24 hour prior permission required for transient - D317-353-7212/6514/C907-353-7212/6514.
- North traffic pattern R/west and MQ-1 gray eagle only; large aircraft - ramp parking; small aircraft tie down not available.
- When tower closed activate afld lights - the common traffic frequency
- Pattern altitude R/west 1200 feet; F/west piston 1500 feet; F/west turbine 2000 feet.
- Seasonal climate condition effects weight brg cpty.
- Pcn JUN-FEB 111/F/B/W/T; pcn MAR-MAY 69/F/D/W/T.
- Ctn: road approach end of runway 07 and 25. No ovrns.
- Non-standard.
- Non-standard.
- Actv railroad 556 feet from der runs through clear zone perpendicular to centerline; when railroad actv the control tower will advise landing and departure NA. 15 feet road 387 feet east of der 349 feet from der runs through clear zone perpendicular to extdd centerline; river 556 feet from der runs through clear zone perpendicular to extdd centerline.
- 15 feet road 349 feet west of der; 23 feet railroad tracks 556 feet west of der; 25 feet trees 556 feet west of der. Road 387 feet from der runs through clear zone perpendicular to extdd centerline; river 477 feet from der runs through clear zone perpendicular to extdd centerline. Road traffic is controlled by the control tower when open.
- Designated: helipad south
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fairbanks/Ft Wainwright from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fairbanks/Ft Wainwright, 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, 7 miles away
- Arctic Flying Club 2 aircraft · Fairbanks, 7 miles away Arctic Flying Club is a flying club based at Fairbanks International Airport in Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Holy Cow Flying Club 1 aircraft · Fairbanks, 7 miles away Arctic Flying Club is a flying club based at Fairbanks International Airport in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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 · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 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 9,145 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FBK.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.