Ladd Army Airfield (Ladd Air Force Base) | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Military: Army airfield | ||||||||||
| Operator | United States Army | ||||||||||
| Serves | Fort Wainwright | ||||||||||
| Location | Fairbanks, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Built | 1938 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 454 ft / 138 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 64°50′15″N 147°36′52″W / 64.83750°N 147.61444°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.wainwright.army.mil | ||||||||||
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  FBK Location of airport in Alaska | |||||||||||
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Ladd Field | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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  Location of Ladd Field in Fairbanks | |
| Location | Fort Wainwright |
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| Nearest city | Fairbanks, Alaska |
| Area | 1,010 acres (410 ha) |
| Built | 1938 |
| NRHP reference No. | 85002730[2] |
| AHRS No. | FAI-236 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 4 February 1985 |
| Designated NHL | 4 February 1985[3] |
Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB, FAA LID: FBK) is the military airfield located at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was originally called Fairbanks Air Base, but was renamed Ladd Field on 1 December 1939,[4] in honor of Major Arthur K. Ladd, a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps who died in a plane crash near Dale, South Carolina on 13 December 1935.[5][6]
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for FBK PDF, retrieved 2007-03-15
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.
- ^ "Ladd Field". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Fort Wainwright: Ladd Field
- ^ http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ladd/links.htm [user-generated source]