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TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT


'Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport' [1] is the major airport in the United States state of Alaska located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage.
Constructed in 1951 as Anchorage International Airport, and renamed by the Alaska Legislature in 2000 to honor current and long-standing U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. It is Alaska Airlines' second-largest hub, after Seattle. It is also a major cargo hub and, as of 2005, ranks as the world's third-busiest airport by cargo traffic, after Memphis and Hong Kong. The majority of passenger flight operations are on Alaska Airlines to and from Seattle (an average of 20 flights per day) and Fairbanks (an average of 13 flights per day).
Anchorage was a common stopover for passengers flying to East Asia from the 1960s to the 1980s because U.S., Asian, 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. 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. 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 (SCF) 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.[2] Many of Alaska's North Slope workers live either in Anchorage or elsewhere in the Lower 48 states and fly through the airport to their jobs in Prudhoe Bay.
Korean Air Flight 007, which was shot down by Soviet fighters in Soviet airspace on September 1, 1983, was flying from Anchorage International to Kimpo, 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.

Contents
Facilities and aircraft
Airlines and destinations
South Terminal (Domestic Terminal)
Concourse A
Concourse B
Concourse C
L Gates
North Terminal (International Terminal)
Summer-only charter airlines
Cargo airlines
Renovations
References
External links

Facilities and aircraft


Runway layout at ANC

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport covers and has three runways:

★ Runway 7L/25R: 10,600 x 150 ft (3,231 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

★ Runway 7R/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
For 12-month period ending December 14, 2006, the airport had 289,472 aircraft operations, an average of 793 per day: 37% scheduled commercial, 35% general aviation, 27% air taxi and 1% military. There are 169 aircraft based at this airport: 59% multi-engine, 27% helicopters, 11% military and 3% jet aircraft.

Airlines and destinations


South Terminal (Domestic Terminal)

Concourse A


★ Frontier Flying Service (Aniak, Bethel, Fairbanks, Galena, St. Mary's)[3]

★ Grant Aviation (Emmonak, Kenai, Homer)[4]

★ Hageland Aviation Services (Unalakleet)[5]
Concourse B


★ Air Canada (Vancouver) [seasonal]

★ Alaska Airlines (see Concourse C)

★ Frontier Airlines (Denver) [seasonal]

★ Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu)

★ United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, San Francisco) [seasonal]
Concourse C


★ Alaska Airlines (Adak [seasonal], Bethel, Chicago-O'Hare, Cordova, Denver [seasonal], Dillingham, Fairbanks, Honolulu [seasonal; begins December 9], Juneau, King Salmon, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Los Angeles, Nome, Portland (OR), Prudhoe Bay, San Francisco [seasonal], Seattle/Tacoma, Vancouver [seasonal])

★ American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) [seasonal]

★ Northwest Airlines (Detroit [seasonal], Minneapolis/St. Paul)
L Gates


★ Era Aviation (Bethel, Cordova, Fairbanks, Homer, Kenai, Kodiak, Valdez)[6]

★ PenAir (Aniak, Cold Bay, Dillingham, King Salmon, McGrath, Sand Point, St. George, St. Paul, Unalakleet)[7]
North Terminal (International Terminal)

Despite the terminal's name, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines and US Airways serve domestic destinations using this terminal. A shuttle bus runs approximately every seven minutes between the North and South terminals.

★ China Airlines (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)

★ Condor Airlines (Frankfurt) [seasonal]

★ Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Seattle/Tacoma)

★ Dalavia (Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky) [begins Summer 2008]

★ Delta Air Lines (Atlanta [seasonal], Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky [seasonal], Los Angeles [seasonal], Salt Lake City)

★ Sun Country Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis/St. Paul) [seasonal]

★ US Airways

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★ US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)

★ Vladivostok Air (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Seattle/Tacoma, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) [begins April 2008]
Summer-only charter airlines


★ Japan Airlines (Fukuoka, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)

★ Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)

★ Omni Air International

★ North American Airlines
Cargo airlines


★ Air Canada Cargo (operated by World Airways)

★ Air China Cargo

★ Air Atlanta Icelandic

★ Alaska Airlines

★ Alaska Central Express

★ ANA & JP Express

★ Asiana Cargo

★ Atlas Air

★ Cargo 360

★ Cathay Pacific Cargo

★ China Airlines Cargo

★ China Cargo Airlines

★ DHL (operated by ABX Air)

★ Empire Airlines

★ Era Aviation

★ EVA Air Cargo

★ Evergreen International Airlines

★ Everts Air Cargo

★ FedEx Express

★ Gemini Air Cargo

★ JAL Cargo

★ Kalitta Air

★ Korean Air Cargo

★ Lynden Air Cargo

★ Nippon Cargo Airlines

★ Northern Air Cargo

★ NWA Cargo

★ Polar Air Cargo

★ Singapore Airlines Cargo

★ Trans Northern

★ Transmile Air Services

★ Tradewinds Airlines

★ United Parcel Service

★ World Airways

Renovations


Renovations began on the A and B concourses in fall 2006. These renovations are designed to bring the older portions into compliance with current seismic, heating, ventilation, electrical and safety codes, and also include new baggage handling systems and renovations to the interior of the concourses.[8] As a result of the construction, Continental Airlines' gates were temporarily moved to the North Terminal in 2006 and Northwest Airlines' ticketing and baggage facilities were permanently moved to the C concourse. When construction is completed in late 2009, Continental, Delta, and US Airways will move to the South Terminal, consolidating the domestic airlines at ANC.

References


1.
★ Great Circle Mapper: ANC / PANC - Anchorage, Alaska
2. http://www.adn.com/business/story/5635144p-5566099c.html
3. Frontier Flying Service: 2007 Timetable (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.
4. Grant Aviation: Scheduled Flights: Anchorage. Retrieved 1-Sep-2007.
5. Hageland Aviation Services: Scheduled Flights (PDF). Retrieved 1-Sep-2007.
6. Era Aviation: Timetable effective 4-Sep to 31-Dec-2007 (PDF). Retrieved 1-Sep-2007.
7. PenAir: Timetable effective February 19, 2007. Retrieved 1-Sep-2007.
8. State of Alaska Department of Transportation

External links



★ Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (official site)

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★ FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)

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