Detail from the Anchorage-Fairbanks Terminal Area Chart, showing airspace, terrain and navigation features
Terminal Area Chart

Anchorage-Fairbanks Terminal Area Chart

Official FAA digital chart — free GeoTIFF and PDF download

Edition 9 Jul 2026 Superseded 3 Sep 2026 5 days remaining 60.5°N–61.7°N, 153.1°W–147.7°W Not for navigation

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Cook Inlet and the Anchorage region

Cook Inlet forms the spine of this Anchorage-centred sheet, with Southcentral Alaska’s settled lowlands compressed between water and mountain country. Coverage reaches north across the Susitna and Matanuska valleys, south over the upper Kenai Peninsula and lower Cook Inlet, and east into the Chugach Mountains and the northern reaches of Prince William Sound. To the west, it includes rugged volcanic terrain and the approaches to the Alaska Range.

Flying character

The footprint brings together markedly different landscapes in a compact area. Broad tidal waterways and branching river flats contrast with steep ridges, glacier-cut valleys and extensive high ground. The Anchorage basin provides the sheet’s urban focus, while development thins quickly beyond it into large tracts of mountain, wetland and coastal terrain. Cook Inlet is a strong visual axis through much of the coverage; elsewhere, the Matanuska and Susitna corridors divide mountain groups and connect the central lowlands with the sheet’s northern and eastern margins.

Airports on this chart

IDAirportCityElev RwysLongest
PANC ANCTed Stevens Anchorage IntlANCHORAGE, AK151 ft312,400 ft
PAEN ENAKenai MuniKENAI, AK99 ft57,855 ft
PAAQ PAQWarren "bud" Woods Palmer MuniPALMER, AK248 ft46,006 ft
PALH LHDLake HoodANCHORAGE, AK79 ft44,541 ft
PABV BCVBirchwoodBIRCHWOOD, AK83 ft24,012 ft
PAMR MRIMerrill FldANCHORAGE, AK143 ft34,000 ft
PAWS IYSWasillaWASILLA, AK353 ft23,700 ft
Z40Goose BayGOOSE BAY, AK78 ft13,000 ft
PAGQ BGQBig LakeBIG LAKE, AK162 ft12,450 ft
AQYGirdwoodGIRDWOOD, AK164 ft12,095 ft
5HOHopeHOPE, AK193 ft12,040 ft
AK1Butte MuniPALMER, AK64 ft11,806 ft
PAWR IEMWhittierWHITTIER, AK39 ft11,480 ft
A13BoldANCHORAGE, AK900 ft11,000 ft

14 public-use airports within this chart's coverage, ordered by runway length. A further 126 private and restricted landing facilities are not listed. Source: FAA NASR 28-day subscription.

Airport charts by state

Approach plates and airport diagrams for every airport in the states this sheet covers:

Flying the area on this sheet? Every approach plate and airport diagram for Alaska is available as a single 140.9 MB archive (594 charts) — see the Alaska airports.

Common questions

What area does the Anchorage-Fairbanks Terminal Area Chart cover?

It spans 60.5°N to 61.7°N and 153.1°W to 147.7°W. Airports on the sheet fall within Alaska. The full list of public-use airports within its coverage is on this page.

Should I download the GeoTIFF or the PDF?

Take the GeoTIFF if you are loading the chart into moving-map software or a flight planner — it is georeferenced, so the software can place it correctly on a map, and it ships with a world file and FGDC metadata at 300 dpi (48.1 MB). Take the PDF to print it or read it on a second screen (95.8 MB); it is the same chart without georeferencing.

Is this the current Anchorage-Fairbanks chart?

This is the FAA edition effective 9 July 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. Visual charts are reissued every 56 days and we publish each new edition on the day it takes effect. It is for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.

Is the Anchorage-Fairbanks Terminal Area Chart free to download?

Yes, with no account required. FAA charts are United States Government works and are not subject to copyright protection in the US under 17 U.S.C. § 105. Guest downloads are speed-capped, so a sheet this size takes a while; PRO members download at full line speed and can take the whole family as one archive.

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