Metro Field
MTF · Fairbanks, Alaska · Fairbanks North Star County · map
Metro Field is a private airport owned by Metro CO, 2 miles south of Fairbanks, Alaska, 432 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 4,600 feet of asphalt and gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MTF
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Metro CO
- Elevation
- 432 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 568 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 28E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1967
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,600 × 80 ft | Asphalt and gravel |
- Runway 06: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 24: other on the approach
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 · 10 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
- 140 feet crane between runway and float pond summer months.
- Jan plaquet box 70787 Fairbanks, AK 99707
- Pavement very rough.
- Runway 06/24 2600 feet an X 30 feet paved on runway 06 end.
- Ditch and berm 40 feet from runway 06.
- Rocks.
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to use.
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.