# Military Bases in Alaska: All 29 on a Map (List + Data) | InstaMaps

> Alaska has 29 military bases (3.8% of the US), #7 by count and #1 per person. From DoD Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Military Bases in Alaska

Alaska has **29 military bases**: 3.8% of the US total of 767\. That ranks **#7 by count** and **#1 per person** (3.92 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* Alaska has 29 military bases, 3.8% of the US total of 767.
* That ranks #7 of 51 by count and #1 per person (3.92 per 100,000 residents).
* California has the most, with 72.
* The largest is Fort Wainwright, at 1,600,334 acres.
* Source: DoD Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas (MIRTA), via the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2026.

#1

national rank (per capita)

29

military bases

3.92

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: [DoD Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas (MIRTA), via the Bureau of Transportation Statistics](https://www.bts.gov/ntad), 2026\. Each active installation at the centre of its boundary, with its branch and its area in acres from the boundary. Large ranges are one dot each. Reserve and National Guard sites count with their branch. Sites the DoD doesn’t publish are not here.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[Alaska: 29 rows (CSV)](/downloads/military-bases/alaska.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/military-bases/us.csv)

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## All 29 military bases in Alaska

| #  | Name                                         | Details                         |
| -- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| 1  | Barter Island Regional Radar Site            | Air Force · 587 acres           |
| 2  | Birch Lake Recreation Annex                  | Air Force · 48 acres            |
| 3  | Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site          | Air Force · 2,266 acres         |
| 4  | Clear Space Force Station                    | Air Force · 11,433 acres        |
| 5  | Cold Bay Regional Radar Site                 | Air Force · 92 acres            |
| 6  | Eareckson Air Station                        | Air Force · 3,488 acres         |
| 7  | Eielson Air Force Base                       | Air Force · 19,673 acres        |
| 8  | Fort Greely                                  | Army · 1,982 acres              |
| 9  | Fort Wainwright                              | Army · 1,600,334 acres          |
| 10 | Fort Yukon Long Range Radar Site             | Air Force · 74 acres            |
| 11 | Haarp Research Station                       | Air Force · 5,408 acres         |
| 12 | Indian Mountain Regional Radar Site          | Air Force · 11,172 acres        |
| 13 | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson              | Air Force · 72,849 acres        |
| 14 | Kenai Regional Radar Site                    | Air Force · 5 acres             |
| 15 | King Salmon Long Range Radar Site            | Air Force · 799 acres           |
| 16 | Kodiak Tracking Station                      | Navy · 128 acres                |
| 17 | Kotzebue Regional Radar Site                 | Air Force · 628 acres           |
| 18 | Lisburne Regional Radar Site                 | Air Force · 1,084 acres         |
| 19 | NARL Barrow Camp Tr1                         | Navy · 622 acres                |
| 20 | Naval Logistics Support Activity - Ketchikan | Navy · 7 acres                  |
| 21 | NG Alcantra Armory Complex                   | Army National Guard · 319 acres |
| 22 | Oliktok Long Range Radar Site                | Air Force · 748 acres           |
| 23 | Point Barrow Long Range Radar Site           | Air Force · 262 acres           |
| 24 | Romanzof Regional Radar Site                 | Air Force · 4,889 acres         |
| 25 | Seward Recreation Area                       | Army · 12 acres                 |
| 26 | Sparrevohn RRS                               | Air Force · 1,109 acres         |
| 27 | Tatalina Regional Radar Site                 | Air Force · 4,951 acres         |
| 28 | Tin City Long Range Radar Site               | Air Force · 691 acres           |
| 29 | Yukon Weapons Range                          | Air Force · 22,755 acres        |

Names as the source gives them. Coordinates for every one are in the CSV.

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