When will the power be back in Fairfax, VA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Fairfax is a city of about 26,340 residents in Fairfax.
Dominion Energy has reported outages for Fairfax by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Fairfax is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the city-wide total.
ZIP codes in Fairfax:
Fairfax also extends into a neighboring city: 22030 · 22031 · 22032 · 22033 · 22034 · 22035 · 22036 · 22037. Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Fairfax: the closest other places we track are Vienna, about 4 miles to the northeast; Falls Church, about 7 miles to the east; Herndon, about 9 miles to the northwest; and Manassas Park, about 10 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Alexandria (12 mi E); Manassas (12 mi SW); Washington, DC (16 mi E); Rockville, MD (18 mi NE); Takoma Park, MD (18 mi NE); Hyattsville, MD (20 mi E); Gaithersburg, MD (20 mi N); and College Park, MD (22 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Frederick, MD (41 mi); northeast toward Greenbelt, MD (24 mi); east toward New Carrollton, MD (24 mi); southeast toward La Plata, MD (28 mi); south toward Fredericksburg (40 mi); southwest toward Culpeper (46 mi); west toward Warrenton (28 mi); and northwest toward Leesburg (22 mi).
Who serves Fairfax?
We track live outage data from Dominion Energy in Fairfax — but several utilities can serve one city, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Dominion Energy outages across every state it serves.
Fairfax's last tracked outage began Aug 19, peaked at 82 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Aug 19 — 82 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Aug 18 — 30 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
- Aug 18 — 176 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Aug 17 — 73 customers out, restored in 12 hours
City context: across all of Fairfax, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6.3 hr. The full record for Fairfax
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Fairfax, VA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Fairfax's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Fairfax, VA?
To check your own street, search a Fairfax ZIP code — 22038 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Fairfax specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Fairfax we have the city-level view: Dominion Energy has published outages for Fairfax under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Fairfax is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Fairfax city-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the city figure already includes Fairfax.
