Fort Yukon is located at the confluence of the Yukon and Porcupine Rivers, about 145 air miles northeast of Fairbanks. Fort Yukon is accessible by air year-round and by barge during the summer months. Heavy cargo is brought in by barge from the end of May through mid-September; there is a barge off-loading area but no dock. Grocery items and other supplies are also shipped by air. Riverboats and skiffs are used for recreation, hunting, fishing, and other subsistence activities. A state-owned lighted, gravel airstrip is available; Hospital Lake, adjacent to the airport, is used by float planes. Snow machines and dog sleds are used on area trails or the frozen river, which becomes an ice road to area villages during winter. Extensive erosion to the north bank of the Yukon River has caused damage to city roads, which are scheduled for repairs in Spring 2014.