Eagle Airport guide

Eagle Airport is a state-owned public airstrip about 3 km east of the town of Eagle, on the upper Yukon River in Alaska's Southeast Fairbanks Census Area. The field sits at 908 feet above sea level on 87 acres and has a single gravel runway, 3,600 feet long and 75 feet wide.

Traffic is light. The airport recorded 1,037 passengers and about 201,000 pounds of freight in 2016, and nearly half of those passengers flew to or from Fairbanks. Everts Air provides the scheduled link to Fairbanks, and air taxi and general aviation operators use the field as well. Only one aircraft is based here.

The airport matters most in winter. The Taylor Highway, the only road to Eagle, is closed to cars from October to April, which leaves air service as the main way in or out. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Northern Region, owns and maintains the airport.