Car Rental Fairbanks International Airport

Fairbanks International Airport serves America's northernmost state, Alaska, and is situated five kilometers southwest of Fairbanks city. Both a cargo and passenger aircraft handling facility, the airport logs around 135,000 aircraft movements annually and handles 900,000 passengers, mostly traveling on smaller airlines with JAL the only major international carrier.

The recently built replacement terminal is smaller and more efficient then the original, but unfortunately now has no room for the previously displayed museum exhibits, which included a massive, rearing and fortunately stuffed polar bear. Among the facilities offered in the new building is budget car rental in Fairbanks Airport.

Happily, the view from the terminal across an arid plain still shows the distant, snow-covered Rocky Mountains. Facilities provided include an ATM and money changing booth, a cafe? serving great coffee and pastries and a full-service bar with sandwiches and snacks. A gift shop offers Alaskan handicrafts including furry polar bears in much smaller sizes.

Long and short-term parking spaces are supplied at three locations on the complex at reasonable prices, six car hire firms including brand leaders Hertz and Avis offer car rentals in Fairbanks Airport and taxis and a shuttle bus provide alternatives for the short journey into Fairbanks city center and beyond.

Fairbanks has a population of around 35,000, and is the second largest city in the state. Driving out to the wilderness at night to witness the glory of the Northern Lights is easy with car rental in Fairbanks Airport. Tracing the history of the gold rush days or driving around Denari National Park with its grizzly bears, moose and caribou make great daytrips.