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Ladd Army Airfield

Fairbanks, United States

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Elevation

454 ft

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Fairbanks · AK · United States

Position

64.838°, -147.614° · 454 ft elev.

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Historic military airfield serving Fairbanks, Alaska since WWII.

Opened

1940

Location

Fairbanks, United States

Ladd Army Airfield, also known as Ladd Field, is a United States Army installation located at Fort Wainwright near Fairbanks, Alaska. It shares its airspace and some infrastructure with Fairbanks International Airport but operates primarily as a military facility under the designation PAFB. The airfield has deep historical roots dating to World War II, when it served as a critical transfer point for Lend-Lease aircraft being ferried to the Soviet Union via the Alaska-Siberia (ALSIB) route. Thousands of American-built aircraft passed through Ladd Field during the war. Today, the facility supports U.S. Army aviation operations at Fort Wainwright and is not a commercial passenger airport. Its IATA code FBK reflects its military designation rather than civilian airline service.

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The airfield is located on Fort Wainwright, accessible via the base and connected to Fairbanks by local roads.

Notable facts

›Served as a major transfer point for Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union during World War II via the ALSIB route.
›Originally constructed in 1940 as a U.S. Army Air Corps facility.
›Located on Fort Wainwright, an active U.S. Army installation near Fairbanks.
›Shares proximity to Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) but operates independently as a military airfield.
›Thousands of Soviet pilots received or flew out American aircraft from this location during WWII.

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Ladd Army Airfield is the military airfield located at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was originally called Fairbanks Air Base, but was renamed Ladd Field on 1 December 1939, in honor of Major Arthur K. Ladd, a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps who died in a plane crash near Dale, South Carolina on 13 December 1935.

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