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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC, FAA LID: ANC) [4] is a major airport in the U.S. state of Alaska, located 5 miles (8 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage. [1] The airport is named for Ted Stevens , who served as a senator of Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
It was Anchorage's only airport until 1951, when Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport opened, along with the introduction of ever larger and faster commercial aircraft required that an airfield with longer and heavier runways be built. Construction of the original 35-acre (14 ha) site one mile east of the city was completed on 22 Aug. 1929.
This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Lake Hood Strip has one runway designated 14/32 [7] with a gravel surface measuring 2,200 by 75 feet (671 x 23 m). [ 8 ] For the 12-month period ending August 1, 2005, the seaplane base had 69,400 aircraft operations, an average of 190 per day: 88% general aviation , 12% air taxi and <1% military.
On 21 July 1961, a Douglas DC-6A, Alaska Airlines Flight 779, crashed at Shemya on a flight from Anchorage after the controller neglected to turn on the runway lights. All six on board were killed in the crash. [13] On 13 January 1969, a Boeing RC-135S, serial 59–1491, ran off the end of the runway and broke up. There were no fatalities, but ...
Aug. 23—A federal agency has cleared the way for construction of a $200 million cargo terminal on the south end of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, near popular Kincaid Park. The ...
Jan. 12—Starting Monday, Anchorage will have a 24-hour COVID-19 testing site while additional testing locations could be on the way, according to a major testing provider. Capstone Clinic, a ...
Over the years, Alaska Air also operated Boeing 727-200 and 737-200 jets into the airport before switching to later model Boeing 737 jetliners. [8] In 1986, Anchorage-based AirPac was operating jet service into the airport with a British Aerospace BAe 146-100 aircraft flying a round trip routing of Seattle - Sitka - Anchorage. [9]