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Ted Stevens International Airport is an airport in Anchorage, Alaska. It has the IATA Airport Code ANC, the ICAO Airport Code PANC, 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 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] (http://www.adn.com/business/story/5635144p-5566099c.html)
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, San Jose (CA) Seattle/Tacoma, Sitka, Vancouver), Washington Reagan, Wrangel, Yakuklat
- America West (Phoenix)
- American Airlines (Chicago O'Hare)
- 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 (Atlanta(seasonal), Salt Lake City)
- 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 (Detroit(seasonal), Honolulu, Kahului, 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)
Cargo charter operations
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