{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Eielson Air Force Base","iataCode":"EIL","icaoCode":"PAEI","city":"Fairbanks","country":"US","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":64.66570282,"longitude":-147.102005},"elevationMeters":167,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Training airspace larger than several US states explains why Eielson Air Force Base (IATA: EIL, ICAO: PAEI) hosts RED FLAG-Alaska, one of America's premier air combat exercises, several times a year; the latest edition, RED FLAG-Alaska 25-2, ran in June 2025. The base southeast of Fairbanks fields the 354th Fighter Wing's F-35A fighters (355th and 356th Fighter Squadrons) plus KC-135 tankers on a runway built over permafrost. There is no civilian operation or commercial air cargo of any kind; th","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/eielson-air-force-base-airport-eil","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/eielson-air-force-base-airport-eil","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Eielson Air Force Base · (IATA: EIL) · Fairbanks, US · 167 m"}