Flight Planning & Weather

  • Fairbanks Flight Service Station
  • Link directly to the Fairbanks Flight Service Station website
  • Sunrise Sunset Calendar
  • Link to Alaska sunrise/sunset calculator, for Fairbanks. 
  • Flight Planning Tool
  • SkyVector is a free flight planning website that includes current weather, forecasts, TFR’s, etc. in addition to airport information.
  • Aviation Cloud Cross Section Product
  • This experimental site generates user defined cross sections along a route to anticipate cloud heights and icing conditions. 
  • Experimental Alaska Aviation Guidance
  • The Experimental Alaska Aviation Guidance Product (AAG) includes an automated set of short term forecasts for about 60 airports in Alaska that have ASOS or AWOS weather reporting, similar to a Terminal Area Forecast.
  • AirNav.com
  • National airport database, with airport facilities and service providers listed.

  • Alaska Aviation Weather Unit (AAWU)

  • Direct link to AAWU homepage, which provides forecasts, PIREPs, current observations and satellite imagery specific to Alaska.
  • Area Forecast Discussion Text description of Area Forecasts.
  • Graphical Forecasts for Aviation
  • The NWS Aviation Weather Center site Graphical Forecasts for Aviation now includes Alaska data, similar but with different tools than the Alaska Aviation Weather Unit.
  • Alaska Weather TV Program
  • Daily 30 minute statewide summary of weather for the next three days, with aviation and marine segments, available on broadcast TV and YouTube
  • Alaska Wildland Fires
  • During the summer fire season, wildfire can limit aviation, particularly those operating under VFR.  This link shows the location, size and status of wildfires statewide. 
  • UAFSmoke
  • A forecast of the atmospheric dispersion of smoke downstream of Alaska wildfires. 

Airports and Airspace Information

Webcams

  • Fairbanks International Airport
  • This webpage provides information about the general aviation features and services at Fairbanks International Airport.
  • Airport Map of Controlled Surfaces on the East Ramp
  • This map shows the controlled and uncontrolled surfaces at Fairbanks International Airport. It should be shared with any passengers or visitors you plan to meet at your airplane.
  • Alaska Chart Supplement Search Tool
  • Link to the FAA Chart Supplements, allows one to search for the facility directory for an airport, and also the Notices Section which is found at the back of the Supplement. 
  • Alaskan Military Airspace  Information
  • Alaska has large portions of airspace covered by Military Operations Areas and Restricted Areas used by the military for training.  A subset of these are known as the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC). This site provides information about the JPARC. While training continues throughout the year, the site includes the dates of annual major exercises when these airspaces become exceptionally busy.
  • SUIAS Brochure
  • The Air Force operates a Special Use Airspace Information Service (SUIAS) which provides real-time information about the JPARC airspace in interior Alaska, This link is to a brochure that describes the service, and how to communicate via radio or telephone for airspace information.
  • FAA Weather Cameras
  • This FAA program allows pilot to see weather at over 230 locations across Alaska (and more recently in Hawaii and the western US) within the last 10 minutes, to evaluate local weather.
    Where co-located with AWOS or ASOS stations, that data is provided, along with other aviation information such as TAFs and PIREPs.
  • Highway Cameras
  • The Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) operates a network of cameras on the road system which may show the weather.
  • Windy.com
  • While not specifically an aviation product, this site is easier to visualize for winds, ceilings and visibility based on forecast models than many other aviation products.