Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	PANC
IATA code	ANC
Coordinates	61 ° 10 '28 "  N , 149 ° 59' 47"  W Coordinates: 61 ° 10 '28 "  N , 149 ° 59' 47"  W.
Height above MSL	46 m (151  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	6 miles southwest of Anchorage
Street	AK-1
Local transport	bus
Basic data
opening	1951
operator	Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities authority
surface	1,865 ha
Terminals	2
Passengers	5,428,490 (2017)
Air freight	2,713,230 t (2017)
Flight movements	276,407 (2017)
Runways
07R / 25L	3322 m × 46 m asphalt
07L / 25R	3231 m × 46 m asphalt
14/32	3531 m × 46 m asphalt

Airport plan

Aerial view of the airport

The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport ( IATA code : ANC , ICAO code : PANC ) has been the international commercial airport of Anchorage ( Alaska , USA ) since 1951 . The airport, with an area of ​​18 km², has three asphalt runways and two passenger terminals, the southern one for national flights and the northern one for international flights. Anchorage is the hub for Alaska Airlines and has long been one of the top 10 largest cargo airports in the world ; in 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2001 even ranked third on this world rankings.

history

In 1948, Congress approved the construction of an international airport with two runways. Official operation started in December 1951.

International traffic began in 1957 when SAS began to operate the polar route from Copenhagen via Anchorage to Tokyo with a Douglas DC-7 C , with the airport establishing itself as an air hub primarily for freight traffic to Europe and Asia in the 1960s .

The airport was used for flights to East Asia in the 1960s to 1980s, when American and Western European airlines were only allowed to fly over the Soviet Union to a limited extent, as well as for refueling, as the range of the aircraft was technically shorter than it is today.

After the 1990s, international air traffic fell sharply due to the opening of routes via Russia and the introduction of new long-haul aircraft.

Today the stop is only common for some cargo airlines . The United States Postal Service operates a large sectional center facility at the airport for the postal codes 995xx. Thus, all airmail to and from Alaska is handled here.

In 2017, there were 276,407 aircraft movements in Anchorage.

Todays situation

Anchorage mainly operates cargo flights within the USA and Canada, as well as to China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. In addition to many connections to Asia and within the USA, UPS also flies from here to Cologne / Bonn Airport several times a week . In addition, there are regular flight connections with passenger planes to individual mostly national destinations, which are seasonally supplemented by international destinations.

UPS in particular has announced that it will be massively expanding its air freight center and renting an additional twelve hectares in order to meet the increasing demand. In addition to new warehouses, maintenance facilities for the company's own Boeing 747-8F are to be built on the additional space. FedEx has also announced plans to build a new redistribution center for domestic mail.

Traffic figures

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Anchorage (2017)

rank	city	Passengers	airline
01	Seattle / Tacoma , Washington	955.210	Alaska , Delta , JetBlue
02	Fairbanks , Alaska	203,530	Alaska, Ravn Alaska
03	Portland , Oregon	142,730	Alaska, JetBlue
04th	Minneapolis / Saint Paul , Minnesota	119,330	Delta, Sun Country
05	Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois	087,280	Alaska, United
06th	Kenai , Alaska	087,080	Grant Aviation , Ravn Alaska
07th	Juneau , Alaska	080,320	Alaska
08th	Los Angeles , California	077,460	Alaska, American
09	Kodiak , Alaska	072,940	Alaska, Ravn Alaska
10	Bethel , Alaska	068,690	Alaska, Ravn Alaska

various

• The airport was named after Senator Ted Stevens in 2000 , previously it was simply called Anchorage International Airport. Director ( Airport Director ) is Morton V. Plumb, Jr.

• For airport security is Anchorage Intl 'Airport Police and Fire Department responsible. The agency has been headed by Police & Fire Chief Lauri Burkmire since December 2005.

• In the entire airport area, passengers are offered free internet access via WLAN .

Incidents

• On November 27, 1970, a crewed Douglas DC-8-63 of Capitol International Airways (registration number N4909C ) on the way to Cam Ranh Bay in the Vietnam War did not take off when taking off in Anchorage due to an unexplained fault in the braking system with blocked brakes shot past the end of the runway. The problem was noticed too late by the pilots. Of the 229 occupants, 47 died, 182 survived (see also Capitol International Airways flight C2C3 / 26 ) .
• On 3 February 1975 a had after landing Boeing 747 of Japan Airlines on the Kastrup 197 people because of serious food poisoning with symptoms such as crushing attacks, stomach cramps and severe diarrhea are treated, including 144 inpatient hospitals. A chef at the airline's catering company based at Anchorage Airport had staphylococci contaminated ham omelets on his fingers . The way the food was stored from loading at Anchorage Airport to serving it on the fly had encouraged the bacteria to multiply. Thanks to a fortunate circumstance, the pilots hadn't eaten any of the meal, since, in the opinion of the investigating medical officer, they would otherwise have been unable to land the machine safely. Following the announcement of the incidents of the catering manager committed by Japan Airlines in Anchorage suicide . The Federal Aviation Administration changed its regulations so that two pilots assigned to the same flight should eat meals prepared by two different cooks (see also food poisoning at Japan Air Lines )
• On 13 January 1977 came at a Douglas DC-8-62AF cargo plane of Japan Airlines (JA8054) shortly after taking off from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to a stall ; she fell to the ground. All five crew members of the machine died, including the heavily drunk captain (see also Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 8054 ) .

See also

• List of commercial airports

Web links

Commons : Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• www.dot.state.ak.us Official website of the airport operator (English)
• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AirportIQ 5010: Ted Stevens Anchorage International. GCR1.com, accessed November 6, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} North America Airport Rankings. (No longer available online.) ACI-NA.org , archived from the original on September 6, 2018 ; accessed on September 1, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Cargo Traffic 2007 FINAL (Annual). ACI , accessed March 19, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Cargo Traffic 2006 FINAL (Annual). ACI , accessed March 19, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Cargo Traffic 2005 FINAL (Annual). ACI , accessed March 19, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Cargo Traffic 2001 FINAL (Annual). ACI , accessed March 19, 2015 . 
7. ↑ FlugRevue January 2010, pp. 56–60, Air Crossings in the Wilderness - Alaska's International Airports
8. ↑ Felix Stoffels: Alaska's Asia hub is negotiating an expansion of millions. aerotelegraph.com, December 11, 2019, accessed June 11, 2020 . 
9. ^ Anchorage, AK: Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed September 1, 2018 . 
10. ^ State of Alaska, Dept. of Transportation
11. ↑ accident report DC-8-63 N4909C , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 11 November 2017th
12. ^ Accident report DC-8-62 JA8054, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 4, 2019