Fort Wainwright

Established: 1941
Base Type: Army

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About

Fort Wainwright is a United States Army post adjacent to Fairbanks, Alaska. It is part of the Fairbanks Metropolitan Statistical Area. Since 1978 Fort Wainwright has been investigating and cleaning up soil and water contamination from a landfill and drum burial site, fuel terminal, coal storage yard/fire training pits, open detonation area and underground storage tanks. Fort Wainwright was also the home of Task Force 49, an aviation brigade that provides logistical air support for U.S. Army Alaska, Bassett Army Community Hospital and the Bureau of Land Management’s Alaska Fire Service which later transformed to become a part of 16th Combat Aviation Brigade with headquarters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA in 2010 with duty in Alaska.

(Source: http://alaskaweb.org/cmtys/ftwainwright.html)

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Gate and Hours

Gate Hours
Gate #1 (Main Gate/Gaffney Road) is open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Gate #2 (Trainor Gate/Trainor Road) is open from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., 7 days a week..
Gate #3 (Richardson Gate/Richardson Highway) is closed to all but special traffic requests.
Gate #4 (Badger gate/Badger Road) is open from 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., 7 days a week.

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Quick Reference

Northern Lights Chapel
3430 Rhineland Ave,
Fort Wainwright, AK 99703
(907) 353-2088

Dining Facility
3415-3423 Lorraine Ave,
Fort Wainwright, AK 99703

Education Office
4391 Neely Rd,
Fort Wainwright, AK 99703
(907) 361-7486

Equal Opportunity
stacie.r.mason-keeley.civ@mail.mil
(907)  353-6917

Family Advocacy
(907) 353-4227

Military and Family Readiness
(907) 353-7908

Public Affairs
(907) 353-6070

Fire Emergency Service
(907) 353-7234

Army Community Service
3401 Santiago Avenue
Fort Wainwright, AK 99703-0000
(907) 353-4227

Housing Office
North Haven Communities at Fort Wainwright
3401 Santiago Ave,
Fort Wainwright, AK 99703
(907) 356-7000

Legal/JAG
(907) 353-7908

Post Office
3726 Neely Rd,
Fort Wainwright, AK 99703
800-275-8777

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Base Surroundings

University of Alaska Museum of the North
1962 Yukon Dr,
Fairbanks, AK 99775
(907) 474-7505

Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum
212 Wedgewood Dr,
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 450-2100

Pioneer Air Museum
Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99707
(907) 451-0037

Fairbanks Children’s Museum
302 Cushman St #101, Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 374-6873

Fairbanks Community Museum
535 2nd Ave #215, Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 457-3669