The airbase is located in the north of Anchorage; it has two runways for take-off and landing: 06/24 (3050 m long) and 16/34 (2290 m long). Fighter aircraft like the F-22 Raptor and F-15 Eagle are based at Elmendorf AFB, but also Transport aircraft like C-12 and C-17 and E-3 AWACS aircraft. About 6500 soldiers and 1000 civilian employees (as of 2006) are stationed on Elmendorf AFB.