Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

Template:Airport frame Template:Airport title Template:Airport image Template:Airport infobox Template:Runway title Template:Runway Template:Runway Template:Runway Template:Airport end frame Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC) is an airport located four miles (6.4 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Named after current and long-standing U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, it is a hub for Alaska Airlines (its second largest). The majority of passenger flight operations on Alaska Airlines are to Seattle/Tacoma (average 20 flights per day) and Fairbanks (average 13 flights per day).

Anchorage was a common stopover for passengers flying to East Asia from the 1960s to the 1980s because U.S. and Western European aircraft could not fly over Soviet airspace, and because they did not have the range that modern day aircraft have. Today, many cargo carriers continue to use Anchorage as a trans-Pacific hub as then aircraft can carry more cargo due to having to carry less fuel then on a non-stop flight. Some passenger aircraft still stop at Anchorage on flights between Asia and the eastern United States. It currently ranks as the 4th busiest cargo airport in the world (measured by landed weight), after Memphis, Hong Kong, and Tokyo-Narita.

FedEx and UPS operate major hubs at Anchorage International for cargo heading to and from the Far East. NWA Cargo also operates a major hub at the airport. FedEx's is the largest and can handle as many as 13,400 packages per hour, employing more than 1,200 people and providing a full customs clearance system. UPS's hub handles about 5,000 parcels per hour. Both companies forecast a large growth in traffic over the next several years as trade with China and other Far East countries increases and plan to expand their Anchorage facilities comparatively. The United States Postal Service also operates a large sectional center facility for the 995xx ZIP codes. It processes mail and parcels headed to and from all Alaska cities.

Anchorage is also envisioned as a future connecting point for air traffic to the Russian Far East. Although no flights presently link Anchorage and Russia, there are plans to add flights to Sakhalin in the near future to meet the demands of U.S. oil companies. Anchorage Daily News Some local residents who work on the North Slope of Alaska also fly to and from their jobs in Prudhoe Bay every other week or so from here.

Korean Air Flight 007, which was shot down by Soviet fighters in Soviet airspace on September 1, 1983, was flying from Anchorage International to Gimpo, near Seoul when it was attacked. The flight was routed John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kimpo International Airport with a stop in Anchorage. All 269 people on board died.

Facilities

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport covers 4,500 acres and has three runways:

Runway 07L/25R: 10,600 x 150 ft. (3,231 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 07R/25L: 10,900 x 150 ft. (3,322 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 14/32: 11,584 x 150 ft. (3,531 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

Airlines and destinations

Passenger airlines

The following destinations are served during the summer; many routes are discontinued during the winter.

Air Canada (Vancouver [seasonal])
Alaska Airlines (Bethel, Chicago-O'Hare, Cordova, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Dillingham, Fairbanks, Juneau, King Salmon, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nome, Portland (OR), Prudhoe Bay, Seattle/Tacoma, Sitka, Vancouver, Yakutat)
American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare [seasonal], Dallas/Fort Worth [seasonal])(all flights handled by Alaska Airlines ground crews.)
Arctic Circle Air Service (Bethel, Cordova, Chenega, Egegik, Fairbanks, Iliamna, King Salmon, Pilot Point, Port Heiden, Sand Point, St. Mary’s, Tatitlek, Unalakeet, Yakutat)
China Airlines (Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek, New York-JFK)
Condor Airlines (Frankfurt) [seasonal]
Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental [seasonal], Seattle/Tacoma)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta [seasonal], Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky [Seasonal], Salt Lake City)
Era Aviation (Cordova, Homer, Kenai, Kodiak, Valdez)
Frontier Airlines (Denver [seasonal])
Frontier Flying Service (Aniak, Bethel, Dillingham, Fairbanks, Galena, St. Mary's)
Grant Aviation (Emmonak, Kenai)
Hageland Aviation (St. George, St. Mary's, St. Paul Island)
Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu)(chartered by Hawaiian Vacations.com)
Northwest Airlines (Detroit [seasonal], Honolulu [seasonal] Kahului [seasonal], Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Peninsula Airways (Aniak, Cold Bay, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor, Iliamna, King Salmon, Mcgrath, Sand Point, St. George Island, Sand Point, Talkeetna, Unalakleet)
Sun Country Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul [seasonal])
United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare [seasonal], Denver, San Francisco [seasonal, will start year round service on September 6, 2006, Seattle/Tacoma ends year round September 6, 2006)
US Airways
- US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Las Vegas [seasonal], Phoenix)