Live flights over Fairbanks International Airport (FAI)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 174 departures and 175 arrivals at Fairbanks International Airport, 175 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 100 | 93 | 193 |
| Sat 24 | 74 | 82 | 156 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
Airlines
- Alaska AirlinesASA 42
- Civil Air PatrolCAP 15
- MHFMHF 14
- Delta Air LinesDAL 4
- RVVRVV 4
- Sun Country AirlinesSCX 4
- Everts AirVTS 3
- Alaska Central ExpressAER 2
- Empire AirlinesCFS 2
- DAZDAZ 2
Aircraft
- C208 86
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 37
- Boeing 737-900 B739 22
- C72R 21
- Pilatus PC-12 PC12 19
- GA8 15
- B407 14
- Boeing 737-700 B737 12
- Boeing 737-800 B738 12
- BE20 11
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Alaska Airlines, Civil Air Patrol, MHF, Delta Air Lines and RVV.
What are the main connections from Fairbanks International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Anchorage (ANC, 34), Seattle (SEA, 20), Portland (PDX, 4), Anchorage (MRI, 2) and Valdez (VDZ, 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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