Airports · Fairbanks International Airport
Flights from Fairbanks (FAI)
Airlines flew 16,365 departures out of Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) carrying 562,398 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.
What flies from Fairbanks
US DOT T-100 · filed dataWhat airlines actually flew out of Fairbanks — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.
Departures
16,365
April 2026
Seats flown
812,744
Passengers
562,398
Load factor
69.2%
passengers ÷ seats
Busiest routes from Fairbanks
Where flights from Fairbanks go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.
2,530 departures · 178,182 passengers
63.1%
Load
2,311 departures · 283,046 passengers
77.8%
Load
1,872 departures · 8,181 passengers
58.1%
Load
1,246 departures · 5,331 passengers
53.2%
Load
880 departures · 4,890 passengers
65.3%
Load
738 departures · 2,972 passengers
52.8%
Load
432 departures · 2,091 passengers
65.0%
Load
397 departures · 1,700 passengers
61.9%
Load
379 departures · 1,219 passengers
42.0%
Load
370 departures · 1,888 passengers
65.4%
Load
362 departures · 2,041 passengers
70.6%
Load
344 departures · 1,411 passengers
52.3%
Load
344 departures · 1,397 passengers
53.4%
Load
303 departures · 1,074 passengers
41.8%
Load
249 departures · 678 passengers
34.8%
Load
Airlines at Fairbanks
Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Fairbanks.
- AS
494,619 seats · 70.4% load
60.9%
Share
- QX
99,636 seats · 75.4% load
12.3%
Share
- DL
87,779 seats · 75.8% load
10.8%
Share
- UA
43,658 seats · 65.2% load
5.4%
Share
- 8V
Wright Air Service
39,370 seats · 60.4% load
4.8%
Share
- 5V
25,186 seats · 45.5% load
3.1%
Share
- 4W
Warbelow
18,526 seats · 43.0% load
2.3%
Share
- TS
Air Transat
996 seats · 0.0% load
0.1%
Share
- 7H
NEW PACIFIC AIRLINES
783 seats · 48.4% load
0.1%
Share
- KO
Alaska Central Express
704 seats · 43.5% load
0.1%
Share
Aircraft flown from Fairbanks
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.
Cessna 208 Caravan
7,305 departures · 55.5% load
44.6%
Share
Piper PA-31
2,331 departures · 43.0% load
14.2%
Share
1,311 departures · 75.4% load
8.0%
Share
942 departures · 71.4% load
5.8%
Share
901 departures · 74.0% load
5.5%
Share
Pilatus PC-12
813 departures · 47.7% load
5.0%
Share
742 departures · 71.0% load
4.5%
Share
652 departures · 67.5% load
4.0%
Share
315 departures · 65.6% load
1.9%
Share
239 departures · 75.5% load
1.5%
Share
238 departures · 70.1% load
1.5%
Share
Cessna Skycourier 408
204 departures · 58.8% load
1.3%
Share
Monthly departures from Fairbanks
Monthly departures from Fairbanks, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
May 2025
1,389 departures · 41,485 passengers
65.2%
Load
June 2025
1,648 departures · 54,485 passengers
65.0%
Load
July 2025
1,761 departures · 62,860 passengers
69.2%
Load
August 2025
1,808 departures · 61,431 passengers
67.7%
Load
September 2025
1,538 departures · 54,132 passengers
70.8%
Load
October 2025
1,265 departures · 39,892 passengers
71.7%
Load
November 2025
1,099 departures · 36,942 passengers
69.9%
Load
December 2025
1,172 departures · 47,549 passengers
80.8%
Load
January 2026
1,104 departures · 39,984 passengers
62.6%
Load
February 2026
1,105 departures · 39,777 passengers
67.7%
Load
March 2026
1,268 departures · 48,247 passengers
79.9%
Load
April 2026
1,208 departures · 35,614 passengers
62.6%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.