3779 Pickett Rd. Fairfax, VA 22031
​(703) 323-1132

Fairfax Ice Arena

​​​​​​​​​​​Summer Groups - offer begins June 22, 2026
​$4 (per person)
​Planning a summer camp or summer school outing? Come out and skate! Camps and schools with 15 or more people can reserve the Summer Group admission rate, during our Monday–Friday public skating hours in our summer season. Reservations must be made 72-hours in advance. Call (703) 323-1132 to make a reservation.​

​Public Skate Session Regular Hours 
​​(August 23-October 31)

View our holiday hours for time and price changes

Fairfax Ice Arena is an indoor ice rink offering daily public ice skating session hours all year round with special holiday hours.​ Public ice skating sessions are the designated times when the general public can ice skate. 

Purchase your public session admission and skate rental in-person at the box office. View our holiday hours below for time and price changes.​

  • No outside food and drinks are allowed. We have a drinking water fountain and water bottle filling station.​
  • Phone cameras only. No professional cameras, flash photography, action cameras, gimbals, drones, selfie-sticks, and tripods/monopods are allowed on and off the ice. 
  • No skating with headphones on both ears.
  • The weekend afternoon public ice skating sessions, and long holiday hour sessions will have intermissions to resurface the ice.
  • Private lessons or solicitations to teach private lessons by anyone who is not a designated Fairfax Ice Arena coach are not allowed during public session.
  • We do not have skating aids available.

All the special admission rates listed below for homeschool students, college students and summer groups, are not valid with other offers, and are not valid during any of our scheduled holiday public skate sessions and when area schools are not in session. 

​A skate rental fee of $4 per person is not included in these special rates. 

Weekend and Holiday Admission
$11.00 (one session per person, all ages) ​
rate begins on the Friday 8:30 PM session

Weekday Admission
$10.00 (one session per person, all ages) ​

​​Homeschool Student - available from August 27, 2025 - June 10, 2026; when area schools are in session
​$4.50 (per person)
Wednesdays, 11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. 
Homeschool students, ages 18 and under in a homeschool program for grades preschool - high school, can get a discount admission rate of $4 per person during our public ice skating session on ​Wednesdays, 11:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

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On Monday, October 13, there will be one Holiday Public Skate from 11:15-4:45 PM. Holiday admission rate applies.​

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Monday
11:15 AM – 1:15 PM

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
11:15 AM – 1:15 PM
5:15 PM – 6:30 PM
8:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Friday
11:15 AM – 1:15 PM
5:15 PM – 6:30 PM
8:30 PM – 10:00 PM (weekend admission rate begins)

Saturday
​12 PM – 3:00 PM
8:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Sunday
​12 PM – 3:00 PM​​

Public Skate Session Hours

​*​​Weekend Group and Holiday Group Admission
$6.50 (one session per person, all ages) ​​
​rate begins on the Friday 8:30 PM session​​

*​​​​​​​Groups of 7 or more must make reservations 48 hours in advance. Groups of 7 or more without a group reservation will be charged regular admission. 

​Make your group reservation online or call (703) 323-1132. Payment is due in person, on the day and time of your reservation.

  • When you come in for your reservation, let the box office staff know that you have a group reservation and give the name of your group reservation. 
  • Seven skaters in your group reservation must be present together at the box office window to purchase the first seven group admission rate, whether one person pays all or each person in your group pays separately. If you do not have seven in your group when you come in, you will be asked to wait outside the building. The rest of your group may arrive later, but must inform the box office staff that they are part of a group reservation to get the group admission rate.
  • The group rate cannot be used with other offers, coupons and promotions.
  • Skate rental fee of $4 per person is not included in the group admission rate and can be purchased at the box office in person on the day of your reservation.​

Fairfax Ice Arena is an indoor ice rink located in Fairfax, Virginia, offering daily public skate session hours all year round with special holiday hours.​Public skate sessions are the designated times when the general public can ice skate. 

Purchase your public session admission and skate rental in-person at the box office. View our holiday hours below for time and price changes. The weekend afternoon public ice skating sessions, and long holiday hour sessions will have intermissions to resurface the ice.

​Purchase your public session admission and skate rental in-person at the box office. 

*Weekday Group Admission 
$5.75 (one session per person, all ages) ​

Public ​​Ice Skating​​​​​ at Fairfax Ice Arena

​​Skate Rental 
$4 (one session per person, all ages)​​

​​Skate Rental 
$4 (one session per person, all ages)​​

Special Admission Rates

Discount Skating Card - $81
​​The purchase of a discount skating card is FINAL SALE. NO REFUNDS.

The discount skating card is good for 10 admissions to our public ice skating sessions for a savings of 12% for 10 weekday admissions, or a savings of 21% for 10 weekend admissions. The card can be used to admit one to multiple individuals at any one public ice skating session. ​The discount skating card does not include skate rental, and is not valid with other offers, coupons and promotions. 

To use the discount skating card, present the physical card to the box office to be admitted to a public skate session.  All individuals using the discount card must be present together at the box office. Fairfax Ice Arena is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged cards. Forgotten cards, and copies or photos of the card, and damaged cards are not valid and will not be accepted. 

Please visit our box office during public ice skating session hours to purchase a discount skating card and for more details. 

Contact
(703) 323-1132
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​​​​​​​​​The following are holiday public ice skating sessions. ​For dates not listed below, view our public ice skating session regular hours. Holiday admission rate applies.  ​​

Monday, October 13
11:15 AM – 4:45 PM

Wednesday, November 26
11:15 AM – 5:45 PM
8:30 PM – 10:30 PM

​Thursday, November 27
11:15 AM – 5:45 PM
8:30 PM – 10:30 PM

Friday, November 28
11:15 AM – 5:45 PM
8:30 PM – 10:30 PM

Admission and Skate Rental 

Wear warm, comfortable clothing that is easy to move around in; pants/leggings, thin or medium-weight socks that go past your ankles, gloves, a jacket, and a helmet. Do not wear thick socks or layer your socks. 

We have free helmet rentals for adults, teens and kids or you may bring your own bicycle, ski, skateboard or snowboarding helmets. Wearing a helmet and protective gear is strongly recommended for all skaters of all ages and recreational skating abilities and levels. All beginners and first-time skaters must wear a helmet.

​We do not have ice skating aids (i.e. penguins/walkers) available that customers can hold on to while ice skating. ​​

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Group Admission

Public Skate Session Holiday Hours 

Location
3779 Pickett Rd.
Fairfax, VA 22031

What to Wear 

​​​​​College Student - available from August 27, 2025 - June 10, 2026
​$5.75 (per person)
Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.
College students showing a current college ID can get a discount admission rate of $5.50 per person during our public ice skating session on Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. ​This admission rate is not valid during our summer public skate season. Students must show their current college ID at the time of purchasing their admission to get this discount admission rate.