Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
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Ted Stevens International Airport is an airport in Anchorage, Alaska. It has the IATA Airport Code ANC and is a hub of Alaska Airlines. The airport is named after senator Ted Stevens.
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 transpacific hub, and some passenger aircraft still stop at Anchorage on flights between Asia and the eastern United States.
Korean Air Flight KAL-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 Kimpo International Airport with a stop in Anchorage. All 260 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]
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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, Deadhorse, Denver, Fairbanks, Juneau, King Salmon, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nome, Portland OR, Prudhoe Bay, Red Dog, Seattle/Tacoma, Vancouver)
- America West (Phoenix)
- American Airlines (Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
- Asiana Airlines (Service Stops Only)
- Cathay Pacific (Service Stops Only)
- China Airlines (New York JFK, Taipei)
- Continental Airlines (Houston Bush and Newark via Seattle/Tacoma)
- Delta Air Lines (Salt Lake City)
- Era Aviation (Homer, Kenai, Kodiak)
- 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, Dutch Harbor, King Salmon, St. George Island, Sand Point, Unalakleet)
- Sun Country Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- United Airlines (Denver, Seattle)
Charter airline operations
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
- 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
