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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