EM 8663 — Anchorage to Fairbanks
EM 8663 Schedule
Empire Airlines Inc. operates ANC to FAI Mon-Fri. Scheduled block time is 52m. Typically a Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 42-600.
Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 42-600 (ATR)
Scheduled equipment: Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 42-600. Aerospatiale/Alenia-built. Registration, build year, and photo fill in the moment the aircraft broadcasts.
EM 8663 Flight Path
Cruise altitude, ground speed, and vertical rate from ADS-B broadcasts. The altitude profile fills in while EM 8663 is airborne, capturing climbs, step-climbs, and descents in real time.
Flight path chart appears once EM 8663 is airborne and broadcasting.
Frequently Asked Questions
If a plane icon is moving on the map, yes. That's ADS-B, the aircraft's own GPS position broadcast, updated every few seconds. No icon means the flight isn't airborne at the moment: either before pushback, already landed, or a day it doesn't operate.
Scheduled equipment is the ATR. The live tracker shows the actual tail and registration when EM 8663 is airborne. Carriers swap aircraft often enough that you'll sometimes see a different airframe than the scheduled type.
Mon-Fri. 5 days a week. On days outside that pattern this page will show the schedule but no live aircraft.
Scheduled 0h 52m gate to gate from ANC to FAI. Actual air time varies with winds and ATC routing. Tailwinds can shave 15 to 20 minutes on long segments.
GPS-accurate via ADS-B. Typically within 30 meters horizontally, updated every 5 to 10 seconds. If the broadcast drops over oceans or mountainous terrain, the map holds the last-known position and the label changes to reflect the signal gap.
A projection from current position, groundspeed, and remaining distance. It doesn't account for descent procedures, holding, or ATC vectoring near the destination. Trust it within plus or minus 10 minutes once the flight is past the halfway mark.