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99790

ZIP 99790 is in Fairbanks, Alaska, in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area; area code 907; Alaska time. Fairbanks has 10 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Anchorage
County
Yukon-Koyukuk
Metro area
none
Population
0
Coordinates
65.4595, -148.1075
☼ Live from 99790 — Fairbanks, AK

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Where 99790 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 99790
  • 🔢 Type 99790 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGLGG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 99,790 = 2 × 5 × 17 × 587. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000010111001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 99789 (Nuiqsut, AK, 337 mi away) and 99791 (Atqasuk, AK, 420 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 99790 becomes 09799, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07999, 79990, 97909, 99709). The farthest-flung twin is 07999 in Whippany, NJ, 3,235 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 99%.
  • 🎯2,615 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 99790 and you would come out at 65.46°S, 31.89°E — 1,763 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 22h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 3h 14m.
  • 📏 At 441.1 square miles of land, 99790 is bigger than 97% of ZIP codes — room for about 335 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units11This ZIP11
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Land area

Land area441.13 sq miThis ZIP441.13 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 99790

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 99790

ZIPCityDistance
99708 Fairbanks, AK 36.1 mi
99709 Fairbanks, AK 40.2 mi
99725 Ester, AK 41.4 mi
99758 Minto, AK 42.3 mi
99775 Fairbanks, AK 42.3 mi
99710 Fairbanks, AK 44.4 mi
99711 Fairbanks, AK 44.4 mi
99703 Fort Wainwright, AK 45.4 mi
99774 Stevens Village, AK 47.8 mi
99705 North Pole, AK 53.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 99790?

99790 is in Fairbanks, Alaska, in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. Its published point location is 65.4595, -148.1075.

What county is 99790 in?

99790 lies in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area.

What area code is 99790?

Fairbanks uses area code 907, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 99790 in?

99790 uses America/Anchorage.

How many people live in 99790?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 99790. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 99790?

The closest are 99708 (36.1 mi), 99709 (40.2 mi), 99725 (41.4 mi), 99758 (42.3 mi) and 99775 (42.3 mi).

Is 99790 a PO Box ZIP code?

99790 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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