FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 OCTOBER 2025
Location
| FAA Identifier: | AK28 |
| Lat/Long: | 64-48-50.5000N 147-55-06.8000W
64-48.841667N 147-55.113333W
64.8140278,-147.9185556
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 427 ft. / 130 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 27E (1990) |
| From city: | 5 miles SW of FAIRBANKS, AK |
| Time zone: | UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 99709 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Private use. Permission required prior to landing |
| Activation date: | 12/1991 |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-474-0788] |
| Attendance: | UNATTND |
| Wind indicator: | yes |
| Segmented circle: | no |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 118.3 |
| WX ASOS at FAI (1.6 nm E): | 124.4 (907-621-7609) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| FAIr050/2.5 | | FAIRBANKS VORTAC | | 108.60 | | 21E |
| ENNr045/32.5 | | NENANA VORTAC | | 115.80 | | 21E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| CHENA | | 245/10.9 | | 257 | | 17E | | CUN | -.-. ..- -. |
| ICE POOL | | 044/33.8 | | 525 | | 18E | | ICW | .. -.-. .-- |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL
100LL:24 HR. CREDIT CARD PUMP MIDFIELD ON RUNWAY |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
| Dimensions: | 4700 x 60 ft. / 1433 x 18 m |
| Surface: | gravel, in good condition |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
Runway 18W/36W
| Dimensions: | 4000 x 200 ft. / 1219 x 61 m |
| Surface: | water |
| RUNWAY 18W | | RUNWAY 36W |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Privately-owned |
| Owner: | CHENA MARINA FLOATPOND & RWY ASSOC
P O BOX 83658
FAIRBANKS, AK 99708
Phone 907-479-2141 |
| Manager: | DONALD D KIRK
P.O. BOX 80702
FAIRBANKS, AK 99708
Phone 907-479-2141 |
Additional Remarks
| - | TRANSIENTS NEED TO CTC ONE OF THE NUMEROUS FBO'S OR PROPERTY OWNERS FOR ARRANGEMENTS BEFORE PARKING. |
| - | FLOATPOND FOR USE BY MEMBERS ONLY. FLOAT POND IS UNATTENDED, ALL LANDINGS AT YOUR OWN RISK. |
| - | NUMEROUS AIR TAXI OPERATIONS AND AT TIMES HEAVY TFC ON FLOATPOND. |
| - | NO DESIGNATED TRANSIENT TIEDOWN AREA, ALL PROPERTY BORDERING FLOATPOND IS PRIVATELY OWNED. TRANSIENTS NEED TO CTC ONE OF THE NUMEROUS FBO'S OR PROPERTY OWNERS FOR ARRANGEMENTS BEFORE TIEDOWN/MOORING. |
| - | SUAIS - 125.3/126.3(1-800-758-8723). |
| - | USE AT OWN RISK. CHENA MARINA IS IN FAI CLASS D AIRSPACE, ALL ARRIVING/DEPARTING ACFT MUST CTC FAI TOWER (118 .3) PRIOR TO OPERATING IN THEIR AIRSPACE. |
| - | TFC PATTERN IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF RWYS, WITH CHENA RIDGE BEING THE WESTSIDE BOUNDARY. TPA IS 1000 FT MSL, AND IN NO CASE TO BE ABOVE 1200 FT MSL, TO ALLOW FOR SEPARATION WITH OTHER FAI TFC. |
| - | RWY CLOSELY BORDERED BY TREES, ACFT, AND FLOATPOND. OCCASIONAL VEHICLES, PEOPLE, AND DOGS ON RWY. |
| - | AIR TAXI OPERATIONS AND AT TIMES HEAVY TFC ON FIELD. BE AWARE ALL TFC MAY NOT BE IN SAME DIRECTION AS FAI. |
| - | HARD PACKED SNOW MAINTAINED ON RWY DURING WINTER MONTHS. WHEELED ACFT ADVISED TO CALL A LOCAL, ON SITE FBO, FOR CONDITIONS. |
| - | FLIGHT TRAINING WITH MULTIPLE TKOFS AND LANDINGS NOT ALLOWED. NO STUDENT PILOT SOLO FLIGHTS ALLOWED. |
| - | PLEASE CONSIDER OTHER ACFT WHEN DOING RUN-UPS, AS SUMMER MONTHS VERY DUSTY. NO DESIGNATED TRANSIENT PARKING AREA, ALL PROPERTY BORDERING RUNWAY IS PRIVATELY OWNED. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at AK28.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PAFA - Fairbanks International Airport (2 nm E)
PAFB - Ladd Army Airfield (8 nm E)
PAEI - Eielson Air Force Base (23 nm SE)
PANN - Nenana Municipal Airport (34 nm SW)
PAHV - Healy River Airport (63 nm SW)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Paul Reinders
Photo taken 02-Jun-2007
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Times for 14-Oct-2025
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:53 | | 15:53 |
| Sunrise | | 08:42 | | 16:42 |
| Sunset | | 18:33 | | 02:33 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 19:23 | | 03:23 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 14-Oct-2025 09:07:59 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 14-Oct-2025 01:07:59 |
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| PAFA | 140853Z 18005KT 6SM -RA BR BKN007 BKN014 OVC020 03/03 A2970 RMK AO2 SLP066 P0000 60001 T00330028 400720011 51019
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PAFB
8nm E | 140856Z 22005KT 9SM -RA SCT005 OVC013 04/03 A2970 RMK AO2A SLP066 P0000 60001 T00370030 400670005 52021 $
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| TAF |
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| PAFA | 140520Z 1406/1512 VRB03KT 6SM -RA BKN015 OVC025 FM141000 06003KT 6SM BR BKN015 OVC025
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