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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is a major cargo hub. In 2023, it ranked as the second busiest cargo airport in the US and the world's fourth-busiest cargo airport. Cargo airlines travelling between Asia and the contiguous US prefer to refuel in Anchorage to carry less fuel and more cargo. [32] [7]
This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Merrill Field (IATA: MRI, ICAO: PAMR, FAA LID: MRI) [2] is a public-use general aviation airport located one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by Municipality of Anchorage. [1] It opened in 1930 as Anchorage Aviation Field and was renamed in honor of Alaska aviation pioneer Russel Merrill.
Alaska Coastal Airlines was formed in 1939 as a result of a merger between Alaska Air Transport and Marine Airways. Having absorbed Ellis Air Lines in 1962, Alaska Coastal Airlines was itself taken over by Alaska Airlines in 1968. Barnhill & McGee Airways was founded in Anchorage in 1931, one of the earliest air services in Anchorage.
Alaska Airlines was the first carrier certified to operate DC-3s on skis. [14] Alaska Airlines' large charter business made it profitable, and the airline moved its base of operations to Paine Field, an airport, in Everett, Washington, north of Seattle. It kept a branch office in Anchorage.
The airline was established as Yutana Airlines in 1987 and renamed to Alaska Central Express in 1994 [4] when the certificate was bought from the Part 135 in Fairbanks, Alaska. [ citation needed ] Much of the original pilots, staff, mechanics, and equipment including three Raytheon Beechcraft 1900Cs, came from MarkAir Express, a subsidiary of ...
The following is a list of destinations that are served or have been served by Alaska Airlines.These do not include destinations flown only by Horizon Air.Previous cities flown solely by Horizon Air include: Arcata-Eureka, Astoria, Butte, Flagstaff, Klamath Falls, Lewiston, Mammoth Lakes, North Bend-Coos Bay, Pendleton, Port Angeles, Prescott, Prince George, Salem, and Twin Falls.
St. Mary's Airport (IATA: KSM, ICAO: PASM, FAA LID: KSM) [2] is a public airport located four miles (6 km) west of the central business district of St. Mary's, in the Kusilvak Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. This airport is publicly owned by the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) - Northern ...