United States flag Fairbanks Airport (FAI)

Country United States | North America | Regional Airport | IATA: FAI | ICAO: PAFA | Elevation 439 ft · 134 m | Local time —

Destinations
22
Flights / day
35
Busiest route
Anchorage
Top airline
Wright Air

Fairbanks Airport averages 35 flights per day to 22 destinations, with 20 domestic routes and one international route. A total of 13 airlines operate at FAI, led by Wright Air. This airport provides direct service to two countries across two continents, with Ethiopia representing its largest international market. The longest nonstop route from Fairbanks connects to Portland, with a typical flight time of 4 hr 10 mins. Updated: October 18, 2026

Route Network

Fairbanks Airport connects 21 destinations worldwide, with Anchorage standing out as its busiest route. The longest nonstop flight is to Portland, and the shortest flight is to Anchorage.

United States of America flag Anchorage (ANC) – United States of America 8 airlines
1 hr 40 mins
260 mi · 419 km
9
per day
United States of America flag Seattle (SEA) – United States of America 2 airlines
4 hr 0 mins
1,530 mi · 2,462 km
6
per day
United States of America flag Fort Yukon (FYU) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → FYU
3
per day
United States of America flag Galena (GAL) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → GAL
3
per day
United States of America flag Anaktuvuk Pass (AKP) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → AKP
2
per day
United States of America flag Tanana (TAL) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → TAL
2
per day
United States of America flag Bettles (BTT) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → BTT
1
per day
United States of America flag Portland (PDX) – United States of America 1 airline
4 hr 10 mins
1,637 mi · 2,634 km
1
per day
United States of America flag Ruby (RBY) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → RBY
1
per day
United States of America flag Barter Island Lrrs (BTI) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → BTI
6
per week
United States of America flag Huslia (HSL) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → HSL
6
per week
United States of America flag Venetie (VEE) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → VEE
6
per week
United States of America flag Birch Creek (KBC) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → KBC
5
per week
United States of America flag Central (CEM) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → CEM
5
per week
United States of America flag Manley Hot Springs (MLY) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → MLY
5
per week
United States of America flag Stevens Village (SVS) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → SVS
5
per week
Ethiopia flag Mizan Teferi (MTF) – Ethiopia 3 airlines
—
FAI → MTF
4
per week
United States of America flag Allakaket (AET) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → AET
3
per week
United States of America flag Tok (TKJ) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → TKJ
3
per week
United States of America flag Valdez (VDZ) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → VDZ
2
per week
United States of America flag Long Beach (D. Field) (LGB) – United States of America 1 airline
—
FAI → LGB
1
per week

Route and destination data updated October 18, 2026.

Fairbanks Airport is served by 13 airlines, with Wright Air in the lead at 41% of routes. The top three carriers together cover 56% of routes. six carriers operate only one route each. A total of three airlines operate international routes, compared with 12 airlines serving domestic routes. Sun Country Airlines is operating the longest nonstop flight, connecting to Portland with a flight time of 4 hrs 10 mins.

Wright Air (13 routes)
Warbelow's Air Ventures (3 routes)
Alaska Airlines (2 routes)
DAZ (2 routes)
Libyan Airlines (2 routes)
RVV (2 routes)
VFR (2 routes)
Empire Airlines (1 routes)
SVX (1 routes)
TNV (1 routes)
Delta Air Lines (1 routes)
Sun Country Airlines (1 routes)
MHF (1 routes)

Fairbanks Airport provides direct service to two countries across two continents. The route network is 95% domestic and 5% international. Ethiopia is the primary international destination.

United States of America - 34/day
Ethiopia - 1/day

Delays

Global  Delays
Delay Performance (24 hour average)
Departures
on-time
0 min vs last 24 hours
24h trend
Arrivals
on-time
2 min (+100%) vs last 24 hours
24h trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (24 hour total)

Oct 18

2026

08:00 - 09:00

Departure
—
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

07:00 - 08:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

06:00 - 07:00

Departure
—
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

05:00 - 06:00

Departure
—
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

04:00 - 05:00

Departure
—
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

03:00 - 04:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

02:00 - 03:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

01:00 - 02:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 18

2026

00:00 - 01:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

23:00 - 00:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

22:00 - 23:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

21:00 - 22:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

20:00 - 21:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

18:00 - 19:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

17:00 - 18:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

16:00 - 17:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

15:00 - 16:00

Departure
—
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

14:00 - 15:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

13:00 - 14:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

12:00 - 13:00

Departure
—
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

11:00 - 12:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
—
Cancelled
0

Oct 17

2026

10:00 - 11:00

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (7 day average)
Departures
on-time
1 min (-80.3%) vs last week
7d trend
Arrivals
on-time
1 min (+89.5%) vs last week
7d trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (7 day total)

Oct 17

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 16

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 15

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 14

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 13

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 12

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 11

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0
Delay Performance (30 day average)
Departures
on-time
min (+237.9%) vs last 30 days
30d trend
Arrivals
on-time
2 min (-106.5%) vs last 30 days
30d trend
Cancelled Departures
0 flights (30 day total)

Oct 17

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 16

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 15

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min late
Cancelled
0

Oct 14

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 13

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 12

2026

Departure
2 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 11

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 10

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 9

2026

Departure
9 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 8

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 7

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 6

2026

Departure
4 min late
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 5

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Oct 4

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 3

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 2

2026

Departure
1 min early
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Oct 1

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 30

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 29

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 28

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
4 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 27

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 26

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
1 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 25

2026

Departure
1 min late
Arrival
3 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 24

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 23

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
2 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 22

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
on-time
Cancelled
0

Sep 21

2026

Departure
1 min early
Arrival
3 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 20

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
5 min early
Cancelled
0

Sep 19

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
6 min late
Cancelled
0

Sep 18

2026

Departure
on-time
Arrival
9 min late
Cancelled
0

Global Rankings

Worldwide Position

Flights per day

#532 (35 flights/day)
Top 100 Busiest Airports in the World
Worldwide Position

Most destinations

#693 (22 destinations)
Top 100 Airports with Most Destinations

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
11,765 ft 3,586 m 150 ft 46 m Concrete
11,765 ft 3,586 m 150 ft 46 m Concrete
2,923 ft 891 m 75 ft 23 m Dirt
6,486 ft 1,977 m 100 ft 30 m Concrete
2,923 ft 891 m 75 ft 23 m Dirt
6,486 ft 1,977 m 100 ft 30 m Concrete
5,400 ft 1,646 m 100 ft 30 m Closed
5,400 ft 1,646 m 100 ft 30 m Closed

Runway Length

Runways at Fairbanks Airport are long enough for all aircraft with known takeoff and landing distances.

Operational Context

Fairbanks (IATA: FAI) operates around 35 flights per day to 22 nonstop destinations. Its network includes 20 domestic and 1 international routes, with Wright Air as the leading carrier and Anchorage currently the busiest connection. From FAI, passengers can reach 2 countries across 2 continents, and the longest runway measures 3,586 m (11,765 ft).

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