Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is an airport in Anchorage, Alaska. It has IATA airport code ANC, and ICAO airport code PANC. Named after current and long-standing U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, it is a hub for Alaska Airlines.
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, and some passenger aircraft still stop at Anchorage on flights between Asia and the eastern United States.
FedEx and UPS operate major hubs at Anchorage International for cargo heading to and from the Far East. FedEx's is the largest and can handle as many as 13,400 per hour, employing more than 1,200 people and providing a full customs clearance system. UPS's hub handles about 5,000 packages 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 hub in Anchorage for mail and parcels headed to Alaskan destinations.
Anchorage is also envisioned as a future connecting point for air traffic to the Russian Far East. Although only one flight presently links Anchorage and Russia, there are plans to add additional flights to Sakhalin in the near future to meet the demands of U.S. oil companies. Anchorage Daily News (http://www.adn.com/business/story/5635144p-5566099c.html) Some local residents who work on the North Slope of Alaska also fly to and from their jobs in Barrow every other week or so from here.
Korean Air Flight 007, which was bombed by Russian fighter planes over Soviet Union territory 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 Gimpo Airport (formerly Kimpo International Airport) with a stop in Anchorage. All 269 people on board died.
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Airlines and destinations
The following destinations are served during the summer; many routes are discontinued during the winter.
- Air Canada (Vancouver)
- Alaska Airlines (Bethel, Chicago/O'Hare, Cordova, Denver, Dillingham, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nome, Oakland, Petersburg, Phoenix, Portland OR, Prudhoe Bay, Red Dog, San Jose (CA) Seattle/Tacoma, Sitka, Vancouver (Seasonal), Washington/Reagan (one-stop service), Wrangell, Yakutat
- America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
- American Airlines (Chicago/O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles)
- Asiana Airlines (Service Stops Only)
- Cathay Pacific (Service Stops Only)
- China Airlines (New York/JFK, Taipei)
- Continental Airlines (Houston/Intercontinental, Seattle/Tacoma)
- Delta Airlines (Atlanta, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City)
- Era Aviation (Cordova, Homer, Kenai, Kodiak, Valdez)
- Eva Air (Service Stops Only)
- Frontier Airlines (Denver)
- Frontier Flying Service (Aniak, Bethel, Dillingham, Fairbanks, Galena, St. Mary's)
- Hageland Aviation (St. George, St. Mary's, St. Paul Island)
- Korean Air (New York JFK, Seoul Incheon)
- Mavial Magadan Airlines (Petropavlovsk)
- Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- Peninsula Airways (Aniak, Cold Bay, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor, King Salmon, Mcgrath, Sand Point, St. George Island, Sand Point, Unalakleet)
- Sun Country Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- United Airlines (Chicago O'Hare, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma)
Charter airline operations
Cargo airlines
- Air China (Service Stops Only)
- Air Hong Kong
- Alaska Airlines
- Alaska Central Express
- American Transair
- Asiana Airlines
- Atlas Airlines
- Cathay Pacific
- China Airlines
- Empire Airlines
- Era Aviation
- EVA Air
- Evergreen International Airlines
- Everts Air Cargo
- FedEx
- F.S Air Service
- Japan Airlines
- KLM
- Korean Air Cargo
- Lynden Air Cargo
- Nippon Cargo Airlines
- Northern Air Cargo
- Northwest Air Cargo
- Polar Air Cargo
- Singapore Airlines
- United Airlines Cargo
- United Parcel Service
- United States Postal Service
Cargo charter operations
External links
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Homepage (http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/aiawlcm.html)
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