diff --git a/noodles-fasta/src/fai/async/fs.rs b/noodles-fasta/src/fai/async/fs.rs
index 203930217..5117b4bd5 100644
--- a/noodles-fasta/src/fai/async/fs.rs
+++ b/noodles-fasta/src/fai/async/fs.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ use std::path::Path;
 
 use tokio::{
     fs::File,
-    io::{self, BufReader},
+    io::{self, BufReader, BufWriter},
 };
 
-use super::io::Reader;
+use super::io::{Reader, Writer};
 use crate::fai::Index;
 
 /// Reads the entire contents of a FASTA index.
@@ -32,3 +32,35 @@ where
     let mut reader = File::open(src).await.map(BufReader::new).map(Reader::new)?;
     reader.read_index().await
 }
+
+/// Writes a FASTA index to a file.
+///
+/// This is a convenience function and is equivalent to creating a file at the given path and
+/// writing the index.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// # #[tokio::main]
+/// # async fn main() -> tokio::io::Result<()> {
+/// use noodles_fasta::fai;
+/// let index = fai::Index::default();
+/// fai::r#async::fs::write("reference.fa.fai", &index).await?;
+/// # Ok(())
+/// # }
+/// ```
+pub async fn write<P>(dst: P, index: &Index) -> io::Result<()>
+where
+    P: AsRef<Path>,
+{
+    let mut writer = File::create(dst)
+        .await
+        .map(BufWriter::new)
+        .map(Writer::new)?;
+
+    writer.write_index(index).await?;
+
+    writer.shutdown().await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}