Alaska cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 1,477 cell towers and other antenna sites in Alaska: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Alaska 30th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the lattice tower, with 450 sites (30%). Anchorage has the most listed sites of any city, at 282.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Alaska ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Alaska
AT&T is named on the most Alaska sites, 78 of them (5.3%). A carrier is named only when it owns the structure or its cellular licence lists the site, so these counts are a floor, not a total. Most towers in Alaska are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Alaska sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 24 | 1.6% |
| AT&T | 78 | 5.3% |
| T-Mobile | 0 | 0.0% |
Who owns the towers in Alaska
The largest single owner name in Alaska is The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC, with 198 sites (13%). Tower companies file under several subsidiary names, so one company can appear more than once below. Our guide to who owns cell towers explains which names belong together.
| Owner as filed | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC | 198 | 13% |
| Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC | 135 | 9.1% |
| The Alaska Wireless Network | 110 | 7.4% |
| Alascom Inc. | 103 | 7.0% |
| State of Alaska | 50 | 3.4% |
| Alaska Communications Internet, LLC | 48 | 3.2% |
| Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC | 45 | 3.0% |
| GCI Communication Corp | 39 | 2.6% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lattice tower | 450 | 30% |
| Tower | 284 | 19% |
| Antenna on a building | 209 | 14% |
| Monopole | 198 | 13% |
| Pole | 124 | 8.4% |
| Guyed tower | 78 | 5.3% |
See types of cell towers for how to recognise each one.
Cities with the most listed sites
By the city named on each FCC filing. Filings use the nearest town, so rural towers count toward it. Each link opens the tower finder at the middle of that city's sites.
| City | Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Anchorage | 282 | Towers around Anchorage |
| Fairbanks | 114 | Towers around Fairbanks |
| Wasilla | 57 | Towers around Wasilla |
| Juneau | 51 | Towers around Juneau |
| Palmer | 29 | Towers around Palmer |
| Kodiak | 28 | Towers around Kodiak |
| North Pole | 26 | Towers around North Pole |
| Kenai | 25 | Towers around Kenai |
| Delta Junction | 25 | Towers around Delta Junction |
| Soldotna | 25 | Towers around Soldotna |
Tallest registered structures in Alaska
The tallest is a tower near Kink at 807 feet (246 m) overall, owned by ALASKA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC. Structures this tall are usually broadcast masts or buildings rather than cell sites, but many carry cell antennas partway up.
| Height | Type | City | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 807 ft | Tower | Kink | ALASKA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC | 1007418 |
| 709 ft | Tower | Ketchikan | US COAST GUARD | 1242293 |
| 469 ft | Tower | Kodiak | COBB COMMUNICATIONS, INC. DBA = RADIO STATION KVOK(AM) | 1065249 |
| 427 ft | Guyed tower | North Pole | EVANGELISTIC ALASKA MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP, Inc. | 1005658 |
| 407 ft | Tower | Homer | PENINSULA COMMUNICATIONS INC DBA = K WAVE KPEN KGTL RADIO | 1007555 |
What is not counted
FCC registration is required only for structures over 200 feet or near airports, so shorter monopoles, rooftop antennas and small cells in Alaska are mostly missing unless a cellular licence lists them. Why a tower is missing from the map explains the gap. The data is rebuilt monthly from the FCC's bulk files.