Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC, FAA LID: ANC) is the major airport in the United States state of Alaska located 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage.
Constructed in 1951 as Anchorage International Airport, it was renamed by the Alaska Legislature in 2000 to honor former long-standing U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, however the naming was unusual since Ted Stevens is still living and was active in t...
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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC, FAA LID: ANC) is the major airport in the United States state of Alaska located 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage.
Constructed in 1951 as Anchorage International Airport, it was renamed by the Alaska Legislature in 2000 to honor former long-standing U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, however the naming was unusual since Ted Stevens is still living and was active in the Senate at the time of the renaming. It is Alaska Airlines' second-largest hub, after Seattle. It is also a major cargo hub and, as of 2008, ranks as the world's fifth-busiest airport by cargo traffic, after Memphis, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul. 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 Chinese and Soviet...
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