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FAI to BRW: distance & flight time
Fairbanks (Fairbanks International Airport) → Barrow (Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport)
502 mi
807 km · 436 nm
1h 33m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
502 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 33m gate to gate, flying northwest. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- FAI — Fairbanks International Airport · Fairbanks, United States
- BRW — Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport · Barrow, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near FAI
- FBK · Ladd AAF Airfield7 mi away
- EIL · Eielson Air Force Base25 mi away
- ENN · Nenana Municipal Airport40 mi away
- MCL · McKinley National Park Airport81 mi away
Near BRW
- ATK · Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memorial Airport59 mi away
- AIN · Wainwright Airport85 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is FAI from BRW?
The flight distance from Fairbanks (FAI) to Barrow (BRW) is 502 miles (807 km, 436 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from FAI to BRW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 33m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from FAI to BRW?
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