Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

IATA: ANC – ICAO: PANC – FAA: ANC
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF
Location Anchorage, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 152 ft / 46 m
Coordinates 61°10′28″N 149°59′47″W / 61.17444, -149.99639
Website www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7L/25R 10,600 3,231 Asphalt
7R/25L 10,900 3,322 Asphalt
14/32 11,584 3,531 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 289,472
Based aircraft 169
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC, FAA LID: ANC)[2] is the major airport in the United States state of Alaska located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage.[1]

Constructed in 1951 as Anchorage International Airport, it was 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 Express and United Parcel Service 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 Express is the airport's largest cargo facility and can handle as many as 13,400 packages per hour, employing more than 1,200 people and providing a full customs clearance system. United Parcel Service'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.[3] 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.

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Runway layout at ANC
Runway layout at ANC

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport covers 4,500 acres (1,821 ha) and has three runways:[1]

  • 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.[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] South Terminal (Domestic Terminal)

[edit] Concourse A

[edit] Concourse B

This concourse is currently closed for renovation.

[edit] Concourse C

  • Alaska Airlines (Adak [seasonal], Barrow, Bethel, Chicago-O'Hare, Cordova, Denver [seasonal], Dillingham, Fairbanks, Honolulu, Juneau, King Salmon, Kahului [seasonal; begins October 31], Kodiak, Kotzebue, Los Angeles [seasonal], Nome, Petersburg, Portland (OR), Prudhoe Bay, San Francisco [seasonal], Seattle/Tacoma, Vancouver [seasonal])
  • Northwest Airlines (Detroit [seasonal], Minneapolis/St. Paul)

[edit] L Gates

  • Era Aviation (Bethel, Cordova, Fairbanks, Homer, Kenai, Kodiak, Valdez)
  • PenAir (Aniak, Cold Bay, Dillingham, King Salmon, McGrath, Sand Point, St. George, St. Paul, Unalakleet)

[edit] 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.

[edit] Summer-only charter airlines

[edit] Cargo airlines

[edit] 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.[6] 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.

[edit] References

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  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for ANC (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-03-15
  2. ^ *Great Circle Mapper: ANC / PANC - Anchorage, Alaska
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ Magadan Airlines Schedule - Anchorage/Petropavlovsk
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ State of Alaska Department of Transportation

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