FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 JANUARY 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 -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving 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 (907-474-8036) |
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 06-Feb-2025
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| Morning civil twilight | | 08:25 | | 17:25 |
| Sunrise | | 09:21 | | 18:21 |
| Sunset | | 16:50 | | 01:50 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:47 | | 02:47 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 07-Feb-2025 04:48:25 |
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| Local (UTC-9) | 06-Feb-2025 19:48:25 |
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| PAFA | 070353Z 00000KT 4SM -SN BR SCT011 BKN028 BKN038 M07/M09 A3015 RMK AO2 SNB39 SLP220 P0000 T10671089 $
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PAFB
8nm E | 070357Z 00000KT 4SM -SG BR OVC006 M06/M08 A3014 RMK AO2A SLP220 P0000 T10651076 $
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| PAFA | 061724Z 0618/0724 00000KT 1 1/2SM -FZDZSN BR OVC005 FM062200 00000KT 3SM -FZDZSN BR OVC015 FM070900 00000KT 2SM -SN BR OVC015 FM071200 00000KT 1 1/2SM -SN BR OVC010 FM072100 00000KT 6SM BR BKN015 FM072300 03003KT P6SM SKC
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PAFB
8nm E | 052300Z 0523/0705 VRB03KT 3200 BR OVC004 650044 QNH3032INS TEMPO 0523/0604 1600 -SN BR BECMG 0604/0605 VRB03KT 8000 BR OVC008 650083 QNH3032INS BECMG 0612/0613 VRB03KT 3200 BR BKN008 OVC015 620086 QNH3029INS TEMPO 0613/0618 2400 -SN BR OVC005 620056 BECMG 0618/0619 VRB03KT 4800 BR OVC010 620105 QNH3015INS TXM05/0623Z TNM12/0605Z
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