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FSS phone numbers
Direct Phone Numbers for FSS
Many pilots call the Flight Service Station (FSS) to get weather. The published phone number for FSS is 1-800-WX BRIEF (800-992-7433). I do not use this number. This toll free number does not go directly to Kenai FSS but goes to a master switchboard. The master switchboard routes the call to a FSS that is in the geographic area where you made the call. This will create a problem if you use a satellite phone. The FSS switchboard thinks you are calling from the home office of the satellite phone company. The call will be routed to a FSS out east. The FSS person you get on the phone will know nothing about your needs in bush Alaska.
Instead of calling 1-800-992-7433, I call directly to the FSS that knows the most about the area I will be flying. I have a list of direct numbers for the Flight Service Stations in Alaska.
FSS Barrow 907-852-2511
FSS Cold Bay 907-532-2454, 800-478-7250
FSS Deadhorse 907-659-2401
FSS Dillingham 907-842-5275
FSS Fairbanks 907-474-0137, 866-248-6516
FSS Homer 907-235-8588
FSS Juneau 907-789-7380, 907-586-7382
FSS Kenai 907-283-7211, 866-864-1737
FSS Ketchikan 907-225-9481
FSS Kotzebue 907-442-3310
FSS Nome 907-443-2291
FSS Northway 907-778-2219
FSS Palmer 907-745-2495, 907-745-3248
FSS Sitka 907-966-2221
FSS Talkeetna 907-733-2277
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