Eielson Air Force Base safety profile

30 recorded occurrences at or near Eielson Air Force Base (19892025): 11 at the airport, 19 nearby; 2 fatal, 4 fatalities.

What happens most

By year

  • 20252 (0 fatal)
  • 20246 (1 fatal)
  • 20221 (0 fatal)
  • 20211 (0 fatal)
  • 20201 (0 fatal)
  • 20192 (0 fatal)
  • 20181 (0 fatal)
  • 20162 (0 fatal)
  • 20123 (0 fatal)
  • 20112 (0 fatal)
  • 20094 (0 fatal)
  • 20084 (0 fatal)
  • 19891 (1 fatal)

By flight phase

  • Other / unknown17
  • Landing6
  • Approach3
  • Cruise1
  • Climb1
  • Maneuvering1
  • On the ground1

Notable investigated occurrences

Runways

  • 14/32: 14,530 ft, CONC

Weather patterns

  • Fog: 41.451 days/year
  • Thunderstorms: 14.418 days/year
  • Snow: 96.619 days/year
  • Crosswind >15kt: 0.603% of observations
  • Crosswind >25kt: 0.012% of observations

Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.