Live flights over Fairbanks International Airport (FAI)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 585 departures and 575 arrivals at Fairbanks International Airport, 166 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Anchorage (ANC), Seattle (SEA) and Portland (PDX). The airline seen most often is Alaska Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- FAI
- ICAO code
- PAFA
- City
- Fairbanks
- Region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 134 m (439 ft)
- Coordinates
- 64.8151, -147.856
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Fairbanks International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Fairbanks.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 46 | 49 | 95 |
| Mon 2 | 96 | 72 | 168 |
| Tue 3 | 113 | 114 | 227 |
| Wed 4 | 101 | 95 | 196 |
| Thu 5 | 113 | 116 | 229 |
| Fri 6 | 72 | 80 | 152 |
| Sat 7 | 44 | 49 | 93 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
Airlines
- Alaska AirlinesASA 112
- Horizon AirQXE 42
- MHFMHF 40
- Alaska Central ExpressAER 18
- Delta Air LinesDAL 14
- Empire AirlinesCFS 12
- RVVRVV 12
- Warbelow's Air VenturesWAV 12
- Everts AirVTS 10
- Civil Air PatrolCAP 8
Aircraft
- C208 267
- PA31 92
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 90
- Pilatus PC-12 PC12 89
- BE20 55
- Boeing 737-800 B738 53
- E75L 42
- B407 40
- C72R 39
- Boeing 737-900 B739 23
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Fairbanks International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/64.8151/lon/-147.856/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Fairbanks right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Fairbanks International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Fairbanks: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of FAI, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Fairbanks International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, MHF, Alaska Central Express and Delta Air Lines.
What are the main connections from Fairbanks International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Anchorage (ANC, 129), Seattle (SEA, 60), Portland (PDX, 10), Valdez (VDZ, 9) and Anchorage (MRI, 2). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Fairbanks? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Fairbanks International Airport? +
Fairbanks International Airport has IATA code FAI and ICAO code PAFA. It lies in Alaska, United States, at coordinates 64.8151, -147.856.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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