Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (PANC) sits 5 miles southwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The field handles significant commercial service (Alaska Airlines hub, Delta, American, United, JetBlue, Frontier) and one of the largest air-cargo hubs in the world (FedEx, UPS, Atlas Air, Asiana Cargo, Cathay Pacific Cargo all run major cargo operations through PANC, leveraging the great-circle geography between Asia and North America). Business aviation is a smaller share of activity but meaningful — Alaska-based corporate flight departments, Bering Sea fishing / petroleum operations, and the structural luxury tourism flow (Anchorage is the gateway to Alaska cruises, fishing lodges, and the bush).

The three runways at PANC (7R/25L 12,400 ft, 7L/25R 10,897 ft, 15/33 11,584 ft) handle every current business jet without restriction. Two FBOs (Signature and Era Alaska) handle business movements. Field elevation is 152 feet, no density-altitude concerns. The dominant operational considerations are Alaska winter weather (snow, freezing rain, persistent low ceilings December–March), occasional volcanic ash events from Cook Inlet volcanoes (Mount Redoubt, Mount Spurr), the constant cargo operations that share the airfield, and the structural summer-tourism peak (May–September). Ground time to downtown Anchorage is 10 minutes; the cruise port is 15.

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is the primary airport serving the US state of Alaska, located 5 miles (8 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage. The airport is named for Ted Stevens (1923–2010), who served as a senator of Alaska from 1968 to 2009. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a medium-hub primary commercial service facility. It is a major cargo hub for trans-Pacific traffic, ranking as one of the world's busiest airports by cargo traffic.