Ice Airport Alaska
A chronicle of the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) open, freight flowing, and passengers flying, all despite weather that regularly dips to -38 Fahrenheit and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 0h 0m
Release: 2020
Rating: 7.8
Season 1 - Ice Airport Alaska
2020-10-26
"The worlds only hub airport to operate in temperatures as low as -38 Celsius, and contend with winds over 100mph. With nearly 1000 flights per day, how does the airport stay open?"
2020-11-02
"Thanksgiving is the busiest day in American aviation history. The staff fight freezing snowstorms, crowds and birds of prey as they try to keep the airport open for business."
2020-11-09
"It's the only hub airport on the planet to operate in temperatures as low as -38 Celsius and winds over 100mph. Katie chases a moose on a runway, and weather threatens Nick's flight into the interior."
2020-11-23
"Anchorage got a record snowfall in the month, making the airport runway-clearing crew work 24\/7. A bush pilot Nick understands the risk of running out of fuel in his flight into a remote place, and that his route will be miles away from any road in case he needed to be rescued."
Season 2 - Ice Airport Alaska
2022-01-09
"Featuring wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders, and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport (ANC)."
2022-01-16
"Wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders, and pandemic panics are witnessed at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport (ANC)."
2022-01-25
"Wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport (ANC)."
2022-01-30
"The episode features a crisis in a remote Alaskan village; a grounded cargo 737; and alcohol smugglers who keep the pilots and crews at the Ice Airports busy."
2022-02-08
"Witness wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders, and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport (ANC)."
2022-02-15
"Featuring wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport (ANC)."
Season 3 - Ice Airport Alaska
2023-01-09
"The holidays bring more passengers, more crime, and more blizzards to the Ice Airport."
2023-01-23
"A harsh winter cancels flights but can't keep rescue pilots from saving the day."
2023-01-30
"Follow ace pilots and their customised aircraft as they keep Alaska\u2019s isolated areas fed and connected through winter."
2023-02-06
"The National Guard attempts a mid-air refuel in a violent windstorm, and the TSA discovers a suspicious package."
2023-02-13
"A downed pilot makes an emergency call for a helicopter rescue and it\u2019s a race to get there in time."
2023-02-20
"There\u2019s a serious threat to airport security and a couple fly out to get married on top of a glacier."
2023-02-27
"Urgent maintenance to a Boeing 737 Max 9 is needed to avoid flight delays and Customs uncover a smuggling ring."
Season 4 - Ice Airport Alaska
2023-12-03
"A bush plane resupply mission nearly ends in disaster, veterinarians brave winter storms to bring canine care to a remote village, and U.S. Air Force personnel train over the Alaskan tundra."
2023-12-10
"A 747 mayday triggers an emergency, a young Indigenous student pilot practices challenging landing techniques, and an extreme surfer flies high to find waves at America's coolest surf spot."
2023-12-17
"A bar owner takes flight on an Alaskan beer run, engineers work to clear a cargo plane of corrosion, a retired 727 finds a new home, and mechanics rid a bush plane's wing of a rat's nest."
Season 5 - Ice Airport Alaska
2024-10-27
"An orphaned bear cub flies to a new home, bush pilots bring life-saving medical machinery to a remote village, record snowfall threatens to close down Anchorage Airport for Thanksgiving, and the US Army prepares for airborne war."
2024-11-03
"A breakdown on the Fairbanks runway threatens a heavy-weight military jet's urgent mission; a rookie flight instructor faces a make-or-break flight; an ice-tour pilot races against Alaskan weather; a bush airline flies a 400-mile pizza delivery."
2024-11-10
"A major snowstorm disrupts Christmas travel in Anchorage; bush pilots aid an Arctic village after a fire; ice jeopardizes an airborne science mission; Customs agents combat a surge in illegal holiday food imports."
2024-11-17
"A Coast Guard chopper pilot battles winds in a mission that will decide her flying career, a mountain construction project gets an express aerial delivery of materials in Alaska-style, and two bald eagles hitch a first-class rid."
2024-11-24
"A trainee chopper pilot tackles a mid-air engine shutdown. Bush pilots face a high-altitude test on an aerial grocery run. The US Army in Alaska launch their biggest helicopter deployment ever, and an Arctic-sports phenom flies."
