Donated by Steve Labbs
Fairbanks FSS, June 1989
The FSS building is located to the right of the tower.
Donated by Steve Labbs
Fairbanks FSS, June 1989
Donated by Steve Labbs
Fairbanks Air Traffic Control Tower, May 1990
The blue building next to the tower was crushed under abnormal snow conditions. The snow had already melted.
Fairbanks FSS is attached to the tower just outside of the photo, right side.
Iliamna FSS Building about 1950s or 1960s.
Photos submitted by Steve Laabs
What remains of the Wake Island Pan American Airways Pier, 1997
Prior to World War Two, Pan-Am would tie up their flying boats at this pier.
Wake Island Tower, September 1997
Now abandoned.
Wake Island Weather Service Upper Air Balloon Inflating Facility, September 1997
No longer used.
Wake Island Terminal Building, September 1997
Wake Island Terminal Building, September 1997
Photos submitted by Steve Laabs
Umiat Radio Station, Alaska
Umiat Radio (UMT) functioned as a communication and navigation station in the latter 1940s. At one time Wien Airlines operated from this airport. Umiat was commissioned August 11, 1946 and decommissioned July 1, 1953.
Photo submitted by Steve Laabs
Talkeetna Flight Service Station, Spring 1986
The hazards of working and living in Deadhorse (Prudhoe Bay).
Photos submitted by Steve Laabs
Deadhorse Conoco-Phillips B737 Caribou Strike, 2015
Conoco-Phillips B737 Ingested Swan departing Kuparuk Airport, 2010
They made an emergency landing at Deadhorse Airport (SCC).
Deadhorse Frozen Exhaust, Dec 2021
Deadhorse (SCC) Combined FAA, FSS, and State of Alaska Work and Sleeping Facilities
Photo taken of the backside of the building at 3 AM, June 2022.
Photos submitted by Steve Laabs
Iliamna ‘Fishing Shack’, Summer 1984
The ‘Fishing Shack’ a fishing lodge located behind the Iliamna FSS with a Fairchild C-82 (with JATO assist on top) parked in front of the shack.
Iliamna FSS Housing Compound, Winter 1985
Iliamna FSS Housing Compound, Winter 1985
Iliamna FSS Housing Compound, Spring 1986
Iliamna Typical Type 42 FSS Housing, Winter 1986
Iliamna FSS Housing Compound, Spring 1987
Iliamna FSS Housing Compound, Spring 1987
Photo submitted by Steve Laabs
Cold Bay FSS (CDB), Alaska, May 1992
FSS facility, center of photo.