Tanacross Air Base

Tanacross Air Base is a former United States Army airfield located one nautical mile (2 km) south of the central business district of Tanacross, in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]

Tanacross Air Base
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OwnerUnited States Army
LocationTanacross, Alaska
Built1943
Elevation AMSL1,549 ft / 472 m
Coordinates63°22′28″N 143°20′08″W
Map
Tanacross AB
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 5,100 1,554
12/30 5,000 1,524

History

Constructed 1943, activated September 20 by Air Transport Command as Station #16, Alaskan Wing, later 1464th AAFBU. Alaskan Division, ATC. It was auxiliary to Ladd Army Airfield for Northwest Staging Route Lend-Lease aircraft. The facility was designated Tanacross Air Base in July 1944. Its mission was servicing Northwest Staging Route Lend-Lease aircraft from United States. The facility was transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command in 1945 and closed; it was turned over to War Assets Administration for disposition in 1946. [2]

Jurisdiction transferred to private ownership in 1947 and redeveloped as Tanacross Airport. One of the hangars at the site later became the Big Dipper Ice Arena in Fairbanks.

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for TSG (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 25, 2011.
  2.  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
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