Fairbanks International Airport ( IATA : FAI , ICAO : PAFA , FAA LID : FAI ) is a state-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Fairbanks , a city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of the United States state of Alaska . It is located in the South Van Horn census-designated place . Fairbanks was the smallest city in the United States with regularly scheduled non-stop international flights, as Condor offered weekly flights to Frankfurt during the summer tourist season. Air North is now the only international airline to offer scheduled charters with flights (to Canada).
20-589: [REDACTED] Look up FAI or fai in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. FAI may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Festival de Afrobeat Independiente , an afrobeat festival in Buenos Aires Fai D. Flowright , a fictional character from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Fai, a character in the anime series Endro! Organizations [ edit ] Food Allergy Initiative ,
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80-574: A Soviet military vehicle of the early 1930s Fairbanks International Airport , in Alaska, US Faiwol language (ISO 639-3 code: fai), spoken in Papua New Guinea Fatal accident inquiry , in Scotland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title FAI . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
100-402: A Soviet military vehicle of the early 1930s Fairbanks International Airport , in Alaska, US Faiwol language (ISO 639-3 code: fai), spoken in Papua New Guinea Fatal accident inquiry , in Scotland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title FAI . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
120-495: A former American food allergen research organization FAI Films , a defunct Australian film production company FAI Insurance , former Australian insurance company FAI rent-a-jet , a German airline Financial Access Initiative , an American research consortium Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano , the Italian National Trust, an Italian environmental organization Forschungs- und Arbeitsgemeinschaft Irland e.V. ,
140-430: A former American food allergen research organization FAI Films , a defunct Australian film production company FAI Insurance , former Australian insurance company FAI rent-a-jet , a German airline Financial Access Initiative , an American research consortium Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano , the Italian National Trust, an Italian environmental organization Forschungs- und Arbeitsgemeinschaft Irland e.V. ,
160-549: A hip joint condition First article inspection , a production validation process Free androgen index , a ratio used to determine abnormal androgen status in humans Friendly artificial intelligence Fully Automatic Installation , Linux distribution automation software People [ edit ] Collins Fai (born 1992), Cameroonian footballer George Fai (born 1996), Australian rugby league footballer Sonny Fai (1988–2009), New Zealand rugby league player Other uses [ edit ] FAI armoured car ,
180-549: A hip joint condition First article inspection , a production validation process Free androgen index , a ratio used to determine abnormal androgen status in humans Friendly artificial intelligence Fully Automatic Installation , Linux distribution automation software People [ edit ] Collins Fai (born 1992), Cameroonian footballer George Fai (born 1996), Australian rugby league footballer Sonny Fai (1988–2009), New Zealand rugby league player Other uses [ edit ] FAI armoured car ,
200-459: A new terminal and began demolishing the old terminal which was built in 1948. The new terminal is built around the modern TSA standards. In addition to architectural design and better security, the main terminal now has six jet-bridges (up from the former five). The 2,700m of custom-unitized curtain wall was designed and supplied by Overgaard Ltd. Hong Kong. The special design incorporates double low- e triple glazing. The new building's footprint
220-448: A similar interchange service using Boeing 727s . Pan American World Airways had also served Fairbanks since 1932. The station was originally opened after the acquisition of Pacific International Airways and used for short-haul services to Juneau, Seattle, Ketchikan, Whitehorse and other destinations. Pan Am intended to use Fairbanks as a stop for service to Asia as early as 1931, but initial difficulty in negotiating landing rights with
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#1732844482841240-415: Is smaller than the old building. For the 12-month period ending February 28, 2018, the airport had 119,898 aircraft operations, an average of 328 per day: 58% general aviation , 31% air taxi , 9% scheduled commercial , and 2% military . At that time there were 569 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single- engine , 8% multi-engine, <1% jet and <1% helicopter . The terminal building, situated on
260-616: The 1950s, with service to Seattle and Portland as well as intrastate service to Anchorage, Nome and other destinations. By 1967, however, the airline shifted its Alaska hub to Anchorage; its Anchorage-Fairbanks service continues to this day. In the mid-1970s, following the development of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline , Alaska Airlines and Braniff International offered "interchange service" between Fairbanks and Houston via Anchorage, Seattle and Dallas. In 1982, following airline deregulation, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines began
280-560: The CAB allow its New York-Tokyo service to be suspended from April 1975. Other carriers such as Japan Airlines and Korean Air began to use Fairbanks as a technical stop for transpacific cargo flights in the late 1970s. Condor started a seasonal route to Frankfurt in May 2001. The inbound flight stopped in Whitehorse, Canada, and the outbound one was nonstop. On October 11, 2009, the airport completed
300-700: The Soviet Union, followed by the outbreak of World War II , delayed these plans until decades later. Pan Am service to Fairbanks continued through the opening of FAI until 1965, when the Civil Aeronautics Board terminated Pan Am's rights to serve Alaska. Pan American World Airways eventually used Fairbanks as a stopover for transpacific service from New York and Seattle to Tokyo starting in September 1969. In 1974, Pan Am agreed to transfer its Fairbanks-Seattle service to Western Airlines , and requested that
320-461: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up FAI or fai in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. FAI may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Festival de Afrobeat Independiente , an afrobeat festival in Buenos Aires Fai D. Flowright , a fictional character from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Fai, a character in the anime series Endro! Organizations [ edit ] Food Allergy Initiative ,
340-511: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FAI&oldid=1246085865 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Articles containing Spanish-language text Articles containing Italian-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages FAI From Misplaced Pages,
360-713: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FAI&oldid=1246085865 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Articles containing Spanish-language text Articles containing Italian-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fairbanks International Airport The airport opened in 1951 and took over existing scheduled airline traffic to Fairbanks, which had previously used Ladd Army Airfield . Alaska Airlines used Fairbanks as its main hub in
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