U.S. federal agency regulating civil aviation (FAA). Oversees Alaska's airports, bush and Part 135 operations, airspace, and aviation safety.
800 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20591
Two Juneau airport approaches are down, with no FAA timeline to fix them
Two instrument approaches to a runway at Juneau International Airport remain out of service, with no FAA timeline for restoring them.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Ekwok's airport would host FAA weather and navigation equipment for 20 years, with comments due Sept. 11
Alaska DOT&PF has posted notice of a proposed 20-year, no-rent lease of land at Ekwok Airport to the FAA for navigation, communication and weather aids. State listings show the notice active Sept. 3, with the comment period running to Sept. 11.
by Bill AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
The FAA is paying $4.3 million to design a radar tower near Sitka
The FAA awarded Kobo Utility Construction Corp. of Sandwich, Massachusetts, $4,343,691 to design a replacement Air Traffic Control Beacon Interrogator tower on Biorka Island near Sitka, with an unexercised option to build it. Design work runs through Dec. 31, 2027.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago1 min readAI
Comment closes Thursday on 18-year rent-free FAA lease at Chenega Bay Airport
Alaska DOT&PF is weighing an 18-year, no-rent lease letting the FAA own the junction box and underground lines that power Chenega Bay's automated weather station. Comment closed Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Drones are dropping chaff over Nenana to try to stop lightning
Skyward Wildfire Technologies is releasing metallic chaff from drones over Nenana at up to 10,000 feet, an experiment aimed at reducing lightning-caused wildfires.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago3 min readAI
Anchorage approves $40,000 to update Merrill Field's airport layout plan
The Anchorage Assembly approved $40,000, almost entirely FAA grant money, to update Merrill Field's airport layout plan after new instrument flight procedures changed what the plan must depict.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min readAI
The FAA is rewiring Alaska's air routes from beacons to GPS
A final FAA rule effective 0901 UTC Oct. 29 extends GPS route T-373 to the King Salmon VORTAC, giving instrument traffic in and out of King Salmon Airport a connected en route path. The FAA received no public comments on the change.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
State weighs 19-year rent-free FAA lease at Hooper Bay Airport
Alaska DOT&PF is deciding whether to sign a 19-year, no-rent lease letting the FAA build and maintain navigation, communication and weather aids at Hooper Bay Airport. The public comment window closed Aug. 4.
by Alaska News1mo ago1 min readAI
FAA retires two Alaska flight routes in a satellite-navigation shift
A final FAA rule effective 0901 UTC Oct. 29 revokes Alaska RNAV Routes J-804R and J-889R and extends Route Q-10 from Kukuliak to the EURKA waypoint at the Canadian border, part of the state's shift from ground-based navigation aids to satellite routing.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska's small planes get until 2034 to upgrade altimeters — if they fly Outside
A new FAA rule gives Alaska air taxis and small planes until 2034 to retrofit radio altimeters against 5G interference, but exempts aircraft flying only within Alaska.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska keeps trading its old flight beacons for GPS, one route at a time
The FAA will amend GPS route T-388 near Kodiak on Oct. 29, part of a statewide effort to replace Alaska's aging ground-based navigation aids with satellite routes.
by Alaska News1mo ago1 min readAI
NTSB: Bering Air crash that killed 10 was a chain of preventable failures
The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday determined that Bering Air Flight 445 was flying above its maximum gross weight when the pilot let airspeed decay into a stall near Nome on Feb. 6, 2025, killing 10, and faulted the FAA for not increasing oversight of the carrier.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Alaska Airlines crews could lose state break protections
A proposed FAA rule would override state meal and rest break laws for airline crews, including Alaska Airlines flight attendants, in favor of a single federal standard.
by Alaska News2mo ago1 min readAI
The FAA wants to end the 50-year ban on supersonic flight — and Alaska has the sky for it
The FAA has proposed ending the 1973 ban on civil supersonic flight over the U.S., allowing boomless supersonic jets — a change with real relevance for vast, aviation-heavy Alaska.
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min readAI
Beluga Fire triggers nightly FAA flight restriction near Anchorage
The FAA issued a temporary flight restriction over the Beluga Fire area, 44 nautical miles northwest of Anchorage, running nightly from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. through Sunday, June 28, to protect firefighting aircraft operations.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
The Army Just Ran a Shark Tank in Alaska — and a Soldier's Enemy-Sniffing Drone Won
Alaska's 11th Airborne held Angel Ascent, a Shark Tank-style innovation contest; WO1 Brian Raab's "Wardrive" enemy-signal-detecting drone payload won top prize.
by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago2 min readAI