Cell towers in Wainwright, Alaska
The FCC register lists 5 antenna structures in and around Wainwright. That is the 45th highest count of any place in Alaska.
Overview
Wainwright, AK has 5 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 45th largest count among the 245 places in Alaska that have any.
Spread over the land area here, the register works out to 0.48 structures per square mile. No population estimate is published for this place, so a per-head figure is not given.
Median height here is 23 m (75 ft), compared with 29 m (95 ft) across Alaska as a whole.
The mix here is 3 lattice towers, 2 guyed masts.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1996, the newest in 2014 — 18 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Lattice tower | 3 | 60% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 40% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Gci Communication CORP Other | 2 | 40% |
| North Slope Borough Other | 1 | 20% |
| Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, INC. Utility | 1 | 20% |
| The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC Other | 1 | 20% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 m (94 ft) | Guyed tower | 1996 | Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, INC. | 124594 |
| 24 m (77 ft) | Lattice tower | 2004 | North Slope Borough | 2639483 |
| 23 m (75 ft) | Lattice tower | 2009 | The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC | 2694674 |
| 17 m (55 ft) | Lattice tower | 2014 | Gci Communication CORP | 2692483 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Guyed tower | 2006 | Gci Communication CORP | 2697000 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 1 | 20% |
| 2000s | 3 | 60% |
| 2010s | 1 | 20% |
Nearby places
- Utqiaġvik 10
- Nuiqsut 10
- Prudhoe Bay 24
- Kotzebue 12
- Selawik 5
About this data
Figures are drawn from the FCC's public antenna structure register (2026-08-23). It covers structures that need registering — broadly those over 200 feet or close to an airport — and not the many shorter installations that carry mobile traffic.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.