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.

Korean Air Flight 007, which was bombed by Russian fighter planes over Soviet Union territory on September 1, 1983, was flying from this airport 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.

Currently, Anchorage is envisioned as a 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. [1] 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.

Airlines and destinations

The following destinations are served during the summer; many routes are discontinued during the winter.

• Alaska Airlines (Bethel, Chicago/O'Hare, Cordova, Denver, Dillingham, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nome, Oakland, Petersburg, Portland OR, Prudhoe Bay, Red Dog, Sacramento (one-stop service), San Jose (CA) Seattle/Tacoma, Sitka, Vancouver (Seasonal)), Washington/Reagan (one stop service), Wrangel, Yakuklat
• America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
• American Airlines (Chicago/O'Hare, Los Angeles, Portland (OR), Seattle/Tacoma)
• Asiana Airlines (Service Stops Only)
• Cathay Pacific (Service Stops Only)
• China Airlines (New York/JFK, Taipei)
• Continental Airlines (Houston/Intercontinental (via Seattle/Tacoma), Newark (via Seattle/Tacoma), New Orleans (via Seattle/Tacoma and Houston/Intercontinental, Tampa (via Seattle/Tacoma and Houston/Intercontinental)
• 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 (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 (Denver, Seattle)

Charter airline operations

• Balair
• Condor
• Hawaiian Airlines
• Japan Air Charter
• Omni Air International

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
• Federal Express
• F.S Air Service
• Japan Airlines
• KLM
• Korean Air Cargo
• Lynden Air Cargo
• Nippon Cargo Lines
• Northern Air Cargo
• Northwest Air Cargo
• Polar Air Cargo
• Singapore Airlines
• United Airlines Cargo
• United States Postal Service

Cargo charter operations

• Gemini Air Cargo
• Malaysia Airlines
• Martinair

External links

• Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Homepage