Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport#History

Built in 1951, the airport was served in the 1950s by Alaska Airlines, Northwest Orient, Pacific Northern Airlines and Reeve Aleutian Airways, using aircraft ranging from Douglas DC-3s to Boeing 377s,{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/12530375@N08/8034886220/sizes/h|title=All sizes - Anchorage55_0008 - Flickr - Photo Sharing!|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831223550/https://www.flickr.com/photos/12530375@N08/8034886220/sizes/h|archive-date=August 31, 2015|url-status=live}} and was also a refuelling stop for Canadian Pacific Air Lines service to the Far East (one such aircraft being involved in a 1951 disappearance). From 1955 to 2011, the eastern end of the airport's southernmost runway connected to the Kulis Air National Guard Base.

By the mid-1980s the airport's nickname was "Crossroads of the World". Anchorage was a common stopover for passengers flying between Europe and East Asia,{{r|berliner19880424}} because airspace in China, the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries was off-limits and because the first generation of jets and widebody airliners did not have the range to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. Carriers using Anchorage for this purpose included:

• Air France, British Airways, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Sabena, Swissair and Spantax all used Anchorage as a stopover point between Europe and the Far East of Asia into the 1980s to 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.departedflights.com/NRT83intro.html|title=NRT83intro|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605001907/http://www.departedflights.com/NRT83intro.html|archive-date=June 5, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/252886/iberia-resumes-tokyo-service-from-late-oct-2016/|title=IBERIA Resumes Tokyo Service from late-Oct 2016|publisher=Routesonline|access-date=January 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917033620/http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/252886/iberia-resumes-tokyo-service-from-late-oct-2016/|archive-date=September 17, 2016|url-status=live}}
• Japan Airlines served Seattle through Anchorage in the early 1960s,{{Cite web |url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/jl61/jl61-01.jpg |title=JAL timetable and route map, 1961 |access-date=October 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005014747/http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/jl61/jl61-01.jpg |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |url-status=live }} and offered service through Anchorage to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, New York City & São Paulo from the 1960s until October 1991. Last JAL flight was JL438 on October 31, 1991, Paris–Charles de Gaulle - Anchorage - Tokyo–Narita.{{cite web|url=http://airchive.com/html/timetable-and-route-maps/asian-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/1987-japan-air-lines-jal-timetables-route-maps-and-history/6323|title=1987 - Japan Air Lines (JAL) Timetables, Route Maps, and History.|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803105153/http://airchive.com/html/timetable-and-route-maps/asian-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/1987-japan-air-lines-jal-timetables-route-maps-and-history/6323|archive-date=August 3, 2014|url-status=usurped}}
• Korean Air used Anchorage as a stopover point for flights between Seoul and both Europe and the continental US in the 1980s.{{cite web|url=http://airchive.com/html/timetable-and-route-maps/asian-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/1981-april-korean-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/6334|title=1981 - April - Korean Airlines Timetables, Route Maps, and History.|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808232350/http://airchive.com/html/timetable-and-route-maps/asian-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/1981-april-korean-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/6334|archive-date=August 8, 2014|url-status=usurped}} On September 1, 1983, one of these flights, Flight 007 was shot down by a Soviet pilot who had mistaken it for a spy plane, after unintentionally violating Soviet airspace.
• Northwest Orient, the first airline to operate scheduled trans-Pacific service after World War II, used Elmendorf Field1950 timetable [http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/nw/nw50/nw50-5.jpg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005004049/http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/nw/nw50/nw50-5.jpg|date=October 5, 2013}}, [http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/nw/nw50/nw50-7.jpg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004230029/http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/nw/nw50/nw50-7.jpg|date=October 4, 2013}} and later Anchorage International as a stopover for service between US points (Seattle, Chicago and Minneapolis at various times) and Tokyo as late as the mid-1970s.{{cite web|url=http://www.departedflights.com/NW121874p2.html|title=System Timetable Effective December 18, 1974|publisher=Northwest Orient|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605001927/http://www.departedflights.com/NW121874p2.html|archive-date=June 5, 2015|url-status=live}}
• Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) began a transpolar flight from Copenhagen to Tokyo via Anchorage on February 24, 1957.{{cite web |date=October 2009 |title=SAS - the world's most innovative airline |url=http://www.flysas.com/upload/International/SKI/Media-center/Mediakit/Oct09/SAS%20innovations.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118060010/http://www.flysas.com/upload/International/SKI/Media-center/Mediakit/Oct09/SAS%20innovations.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-18 |publisher=SAS innovations}} A timetable from 11/25/88 - 3/25/89 shows SAS Flight 989 operated to Anchorage from Copenhagen on Wednesday, Friday & Sunday. Dep: 3:40PM, Arr: 2:40PM. It left at 3:20PM and arrived at 4:55pm+1 in Tokyo.

In the mid-1980s airport officials knew that the then-new Boeing 747-400, with a longer range than then-existing aircraft, would decrease stopovers. They did not expect that Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost, towards the end of the Cold War, would open Soviet airspace to flights, causing the decrease to occur sooner than planned. By 1988, 16 airline flights that had previously stopped in Anchorage—each bringing almost $80,000 in revenue to the state—instead flew nonstop over Siberia.{{Cite news |last=Berliner |first=Jeff |date=April 24, 1988 |title=Glasnost, Boeing hurt Anchorage |language=en |work=UPI |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/04/24/Glasnost-Boeing-hurt-Anchorage/3020577857600/ |access-date=March 24, 2022}}

Most scheduled passenger service from Anchorage to Europe and Asia ceased in the early 1990s. Korean Air continued to serve Anchorage 3 times a week on a yearly scheduled basis until March 2005 and reduced to 3 times a week for the summer season only in 2006. China Airlines, the last Asian carrier to serve Anchorage on a regular basis, used Anchorage as an intermediate stop on its Taipei-New York route until 2011, when it rerouted these flights to stop in Osaka.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adn.com/travel/article/china-airlines-cutting-nonstop-flights-anc-asia/2011/02/18/|title=China Airlines cutting nonstop flights from ANC to Asia|website=Anchorage Daily News|language=en-US|access-date=November 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001015/https://www.adn.com/travel/article/china-airlines-cutting-nonstop-flights-anc-asia/2011/02/18/|archive-date=November 16, 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://us.jnto.go.jp/news/news_item.php?newsid=410|title=News - A New Route from New York to Osaka - Official Tourism Guide for Japan Travel|last=JNTO|website=us.jnto.go.jp|language=en|access-date=November 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116043251/https://us.jnto.go.jp/news/news_item.php?newsid=410|archive-date=November 16, 2018|url-status=live}} While a few charter passenger aircraft still stop at Anchorage on flights between Asia and the eastern United States, scheduled cargo carriers – which benefit from more volume and thus shorter route segments – continue to use Anchorage frequently. Condor still uses the Frankfurt-Anchorage route on a Airbus A330neo.https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/03/21/condor-increases-north-america-capacity/#

In the 1990s, Alaska Airlines and Aeroflot operated services from Anchorage to several destinations in the Russian Far East, including Khabarovsk, Magadan, Petropavlovsk, Vladivostok and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.{{cite news|last=Brooke|first=James|title=Alaska Airlines Opens Russia's 'Wild East'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/30/travel/alaska-airlines-opens-russia-s-wild-east.html|access-date=October 2, 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=March 30, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214801/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/30/travel/alaska-airlines-opens-russia-s-wild-east.html|archive-date=October 4, 2013|url-status=live}} Alaska Airlines pulled out of these markets in 1998 due to insufficient demand,{{cite news|title=Alaska Airlines tries new approach to Russia|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1999/08/23/newscolumn3.html?page=all|access-date=October 2, 2013|newspaper=Puget Sound Business Journal|date=August 22, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007030037/http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1999/08/23/newscolumn3.html?page=all|archive-date=October 7, 2013|url-status=live}} while the Aeroflot services were primarily intended as technical stops en route to Seattle and San Francisco and were cancelled once newer aircraft and nonstop flights became available. Reeve Aleutian Airways, Dalavia and MAVIAL Magadan Airlines also offered service between Anchorage and the Russian Far East at various times, catering to Kamchatka oil exploration and other niche markets.{{cite news|last=Stapleton|first=Rob|title=Russian airline to re-establish Anchorage-Far East connection|url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/March-2007/Russian-airline-to-re-establish-Anchorage-Far-East-connection/|access-date=October 2, 2013|newspaper=Alaska Journal of Commerce|date=March 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213535/http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/March-2007/Russian-airline-to-re-establish-Anchorage-Far-East-connection/|archive-date=October 4, 2013|url-status=live}}

The airport was renamed in 2000 by the Alaska Legislature to honor then long-standing U.S. Senator Ted Stevens.{{cite news|title=Bill would rename airport for Stevens|url=http://peninsulaclarion.com/stories/040300/ala_040300ala0pm030001.shtml|access-date=October 2, 2013|newspaper=AP|date=April 3, 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224916/http://peninsulaclarion.com/stories/040300/ala_040300ala0pm030001.shtml|archive-date=October 4, 2013}} Stevens survived a crash at the airport in 1978 that also killed his wife Ann.{{cite web|author=Mark Hosenball |url=http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/2010/08/11/ntsb-warned-about-alaska-pilots-risky-ways-and-ted-stevens-argued.html|title=NTSB Warned About Alaska Pilots' Risky Ways – and Ted Stevens Argued|publisher=Newsweek|date=August 11, 2010|access-date=August 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815043411/http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/2010/08/11/ntsb-warned-about-alaska-pilots-risky-ways-and-ted-stevens-argued.html|archive-date=August 15, 2010|url-status=live}}

In October 2018, Alaska Governor Bill Walker and Heilongjiang Province Governor Wang Wentao announced plans to connect Anchorage and Harbin Taiping International Airport with year-round, nonstop flights as early as the summer of 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ktva.com/story/39351955/gov-walker-direct-flights-to-china-could-come-in-2019|title=Gov. Walker: Direct flights to China could come in 2019|website=www.ktva.com|language=en|access-date=February 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203030517/https://www.ktva.com/story/39351955/gov-walker-direct-flights-to-china-could-come-in-2019|archive-date=February 3, 2019|url-status=live}}

On November 30, 2018, the airport suffered minor damage and was temporarily closed following a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in the area.{{cite news|first1=Jeannette|last1=Falsey|first2=Mark|last2=Berman|first3=Angela|last3=Fritz|date=November 30, 2018|title='Major' damage to Anchorage area after a severe 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Alaska|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/11/30/major-damage-tsunami-warning-issued-after-severe-magnitude-earthquake-alaska/|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=December 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201000104/https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/11/30/major-damage-tsunami-warning-issued-after-severe-magnitude-earthquake-alaska/|archive-date=December 1, 2018|url-status=live}} In June 2019, American Airlines switched the Boeing 737-800 on their seasonal route to Phoenix with the Airbus A321neo making them the first airline to use the A321neo at Anchorage. In January 2023, Delta replaced their Boeing 737-900 and 757-200 in favor of the A321neo for their route to Minneapolis-St. Paul.{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221122-dl1q23anc/|title=Delta adds A321neo Alaska Service in 1Q23|language=en|access-date=February 23, 2023}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the airport was briefly the busiest in the United States due to sustained volume of cargo flights through Alaska while passenger travel sharply decreased at other American airports.{{cite web|url=https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2020/05/22/in-an-upside-down-world-anchorage-briefly-had-busiest-us-airport/|title=In an upside-down world, Anchorage briefly had busiest U.S. airport|work=Anchorage Daily News|access-date=May 28, 2020|archive-date=May 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531232647/https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2020/05/22/in-an-upside-down-world-anchorage-briefly-had-busiest-us-airport/|url-status=live}}

Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions on airlines, commercial flights between Japan and Western Europe once again overfly Alaska in the eastbound direction. However, due to the advanced range of the airliners used for these flights, such as the Airbus A350, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the stopover in Anchorage is no longer needed and flights are operated nonstop. Some re-routed cargo flights do however stop in Anchorage, such as Nippon Cargo Airlines Flight 51, which operates Amsterdam - Milan - Anchorage - Tokyo four times weekly.

File:Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 900ER N297AK Anchorage (Quintin Soloviev).jpg Boeing 737-900ER at the airport in winter]]

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport's passenger traffic hovered around the five million mark between 1998 and 2008, apart from in 2002 when the airport suffered a 13% drop in traffic. Fairbanks and Juneau are the next busiest airports though neither managed more than half a million passengers in 2007. Anchorage traffic peaks in June, July and August when passenger numbers are twice as high as between October and April.{{cite news| url=http://www.anna.aero/2008/10/03/anchorage-dominates-alaskan-airport-landscape/| title=Anchorage dominates Alaskan airport landscape; Palin-mania may boost traffic as state gets massive media coverage| date=October 3, 2008| publisher=anna.aero| access-date=October 7, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007001614/http://www.anna.aero/2008/10/03/anchorage-dominates-alaskan-airport-landscape/| archive-date=October 7, 2008| url-status=live}} Most major U.S. passenger carriers serve ANC, with the majority of passenger flight operations by Alaska Airlines to and from Seattle (an average of 20 flights per day) and Fairbanks (5-7 flights per day).

Anchorage is also envisioned as a future connecting point for air traffic to the Russian Far East. During the summer season of 2008, there was one weekly flight to Russia by Vladivostok Air. Yakutia Airlines resumed summer seasonal service to Russia in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/alaska-kamchatka-flights-to-be-restored/456110.html |title=Alaska-Kamchatka Flights to Be Restored | Business |date=April 5, 2012 |publisher=The Moscow Times |access-date=February 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320041334/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/alaska-kamchatka-flights-to-be-restored/456110.html |archive-date=March 20, 2013 |url-status=live }} Many of Alaska's North Slope workers live either in Anchorage or elsewhere in the Lower 48 states and fly through the airport to their jobs in Prudhoe Bay.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,599,313 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,{{cite web| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf| title = Enplanements for CY 2008| format = PDF, 1.0 MB| work = faa.gov| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration| date = December 18, 2009| access-date = June 4, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105055932/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf| archive-date = November 5, 2012| url-status = live}} 2,282,666 enplanements in 2009, and 2,342,310 in 2010.{{cite web| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf| title = Enplanements for CY 2010| format = PDF, 189 KB| work = faa.gov| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration| date = October 4, 2011| access-date = June 4, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120117091453/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf| archive-date = January 17, 2012| url-status = live}}

The nearest other international airports from Anchorage are Fairbanks International Airport and

Juneau International Airport. Fairbanks International Airport is also the second busiest airport in Alaska.{{cite web | url=https://www.airowings.com/flight/united-states-cheap-flights-to-anchorage-airport | title=Cheap Flights to Anchorage, Alaska from $185 - Airowings | access-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-date=January 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127051007/https://www.airowings.com/flight/united-states-cheap-flights-to-anchorage-airport | url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite web|title=This is now the world's busiest airport... on certain Saturdays|url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/anchorage-airport-world-busiest/index.html|last=O'Hare|first=Maureen|date=May 23, 2020|website=CNN|language=en|access-date=May 23, 2020|archive-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523114141/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/anchorage-airport-world-busiest/index.html|url-status=live}}{{r|berliner19880424}}

FedEx Express and UPS Airlines operate major hubs at Anchorage International for cargo heading to and from the Far East. NWA Cargo used to operate a major hub at the airport until December 28, 2009, when it closed all operations for Northwest Cargo at all airports. FedEx Express is the airport's largest cargo facility and can handle as many as 13,400 packages per hour, employing more than 1,200 people and providing a full customs clearance system. United Parcel Service's hub handles about 5,000 parcels per hour. Both companies forecast a large growth in traffic over the next several years as trade with China and other Far East countries increases and plan to expand their Anchorage facilities comparatively.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}} The United States Postal Service also operates a large sectional center facility (SCF) for the 995xx ZIP Codes. It processes mail and parcels headed to and from all Alaska cities.

The United States Department of Transportation allows Anchorage and other Alaskan airports to be used as a transfer point for cargo between different aircraft of the same foreign air carrier without applying for special permission, a privilege not available at airports in the contiguous US. In 2020, the airport applied for similar authority for passenger traffic, which would potentially allow foreign airlines to use Anchorage as a connecting hub for international passengers. A similar exemption was previously granted to airports in Puerto Rico.{{Cite web|date=August 19, 2020|title=Anchorage Airport Wants To Become A Global Hub|url=https://onemileatatime.com/alaska-global-airline-hub/|access-date=August 20, 2020|website=One Mile at a Time|language=en-US|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024031930/https://onemileatatime.com/alaska-global-airline-hub/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=August 18, 2020|title=Alaska pushes for renewed role as global passenger hub|url=https://paxex.aero/2020/08/alaska-pushes-for-renewed-role-as-global-passenger-hub/|access-date=August 20, 2020|website=PaxEx.Aero|language=en-US|archive-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821223647/https://paxex.aero/2020/08/alaska-pushes-for-renewed-role-as-global-passenger-hub/|url-status=live}}

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport covers an area of 4,608 acres (1,865 ha) at an elevation of 151 feet (46 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways: 7L/25R is 10,600 by 150 feet (3,231 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface; 7R/25L is 12,400 by 200 feet (3,780 x 61 m) with an asphalt/concrete surface; 15/33 is 10,865 by 200 feet (3,312 x 61 m) with an asphalt surface. The airport also has one asphalt helipad that is 100 by 100 feet (30 x 30 m).{{cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/airport/ANC/Ted-Stevens-Anchorage-International-Airport|title=ANC airport data at skyvector.com|website=skyvector.com|access-date=September 2, 2022|archive-date=August 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822041156/https://skyvector.com/airport/ANC/Ted-Stevens-Anchorage-International-Airport|url-status=live}}

For the 12 months ending April 30, 2019, the airport had 261,961 aircraft operations, an average of 718 per day: 38% scheduled commercial, 32% general aviation, 29% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 109 aircraft based at this airport: 61% multi-engine, 14% helicopter, 15% jet, and 10% single-engine. The FAA projects operations to increase to 334,279 by 2030, or 918.882 operations per day.{{cite web|url=http://aspm.faa.gov/wtaf/detail.asp?line=SELECT+*+FROM+WTAF+WHERE+SYSYEAR%3E^2010+AND+SYSYEAR%3C^2030+AND+%28LOC_ID^~ANC~%29|title=FAA Terminal Area Forecast|access-date=June 4, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070511/http://aspm.faa.gov/wtaf/detail.asp?line=SELECT+%2A+FROM+WTAF+WHERE+SYSYEAR%3E%5E2010+AND+SYSYEAR%3C%5E2030+AND+%28LOC_ID%5E~ANC~%29|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}

The airport also has a seaplane base adjacent to it, so that seaplanes and floatplanes can take off and land. The Lake Hood Seaplane Base, adjacent to Anchorage Airport, is the busiest seaplane base in the world.

The Anchorage International Airport has two terminals: the South Terminal with 24 gates, and the North Terminal with 8 gates, for a total of 32 gates.

The South Terminal (domestic) serves Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Condor (Departures), Delta Air Lines, Discover Airlines (Departures), Sun Country Airlines, and United Airlines. All regional intrastate carriers also use the South Terminal.

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The South terminal contains three concourses: Concourse A, Concourse B, and Concourse C. The area of what is today Concourse C stood the original airport terminal constructed in the 1950s. A hexagonal satellite terminal was constructed across the main structure shortly afterwards. In 1969, the terminal underwent a major expansion, forming what is today Concourse B - notable new features included a curved arrival/departure structure with an elevated departure ramp for vehicles. The sweeping structure was designed to connect with the existing hexagonal satellite, now the end of Concourse B. In 1985, Concourse A was added. In 2009, this portion of the South terminal received seismic and aesthetic upgrades.

Concourse C was completely rebuilt in 2004, designed by McCool Carlson Green Architects, while Concourses A and B were built in 1985 and 1969 respectively and renovated in 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/business/planning/ANCmaster08.pdf |title=2008 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Master Plan Study Report Update |access-date=January 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330041054/http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/business/planning/ANCmaster08.pdf |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |url-status=live }} Architects HNTB and RIM Architects performed the architectural work for A/B Concourse.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hntb.com/sites/default/files/issues/01-02.10%20Airport%20Improvement%20Mag%20Anchorage%20Int'l%20Renovation.pdf|title=Terminal Makeover Finally a Reality at Anchorage Int'l}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The south terminal also contains two L gates, numbered L1 and L2. These gates are outside security on the lower level and adjacent to Concourse A.

The North Terminal (international) serves Condor (Arrivals), Discover Airlines (Arrivals), Japan Airlines, Korean Air, Yakutia Airlines, all international seasonal charter flights, and military flights. In addition to these airlines, a few cargo airlines use the north side of the terminal for parking while their aircraft have small problems that need maintenance for a day or so. This terminal was built in 1982.

==Airlines and destinations==

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| Air Canada | Seasonal: Vancouver | {{cite web|title=Flight Schedules|url=https://beta.aircanada.com/us/en/aco/home/book/routes-and-partners/flight-schedules.html?acid=beta%7Credirect%7Caircanada.com%7CNoBar|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925064718/https://www.aircanada.com/us/en/aco/home/book/routes-and-partners/flight-schedules.html?acid=beta%7Credirect%7Caircanada.com%7CNoBar|archive-date=September 25, 2019|url-status=live}}

| Alaska Airlines | Adak, Bethel, Chicago–O'Hare, Cordova, Deadhorse, Dillingham, Fairbanks, Honolulu, Juneau, King Salmon, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nome, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Portland (OR), Seattle/Tacoma, Utqiagvik
Seasonal: Denver, Detroit (begins June 14, 2025),{{cite web |title=Alaska Airlines announces new flights to Anchorage from Detroit and Sacramento |url= https://news.alaskaair.com/destinations/new-flights-to-anchorage-from-detroit-and-sacramento/ |publisher=Alaska Airlines News Hub|date=January 7, 2025 |access-date=January 7, 2025}} Kahului, Kailua-Kona, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York–JFK, Sacramento (begins June 14, 2025), Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco | {{cite web|title=Flight timetable|url=https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/timetables.aspx|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202123138/https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/timetables.aspx|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}

| Aleutian Airways | Cold Bay, Homer,{{cite web |title=Aleutian Airways Adds Anchorage – Homer From late-Sep 2023 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230815-vcsep23hom |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031174631/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230815-vcsep23hom |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Aleutian Airways Resumes Homer Service From Nov 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240816-vcnov24hom |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=16 August 2024 |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822041157/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240816-vcnov24hom |url-status=live }} Kenai (begins June 6, 2025),https://flyaleutian.com/2025/02/aleutian-airways-announces-daily-service-to-kenai/ King Salmon, Sand Point, Unalaska/Dutch Harbor | {{cite web |title=News - Aleutian Airways |date=October 4, 2022 |url=https://flyaleutian.com/2022/10/aleutian-airways-to-launch-service-november-16/ |access-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031174827/https://flyaleutian.com/2022/10/aleutian-airways-to-launch-service-november-16/ |url-status=live }}

| American Airlines | Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth | {{cite web|title=Flight schedules and notifications|url=https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010611/https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}

| Condor | Seasonal: Frankfurt | {{cite web|title=Timetable|url=https://www.condor.com/eu/book-plan/flight/timetable.jsp|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606183547/https://www.condor.com/eu/book-plan/flight/timetable.jsp|archive-date=June 6, 2017|url-status=live}}

| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta,{{cite web |title=Delta beefs up frequency on upcoming route to Morocco |url= https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2025/03/31/delta-atlanta-morocco-flight-2025.html |publisher=Atlanta Business Chronicle|date=March 31, 2025 |access-date=April 1, 2025}} Minneapolis/St. Paul, Seattle/Tacoma
Seasonal: Detroit, Los Angeles (resumes May 24, 2025),{{cite web |title=Delta Adds Another Alaska Route |url=https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/01/21/delta-adds-another-alaska-route/ |website=AirlineGeeks |access-date=January 22, 2025}} Salt Lake City | {{cite web|title=FLIGHT SCHEDULES|url=https://www.delta.com/flightinfo/viewFlightSchedulesSetup.action|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621123636/http://www.delta.com/flightinfo/viewFlightSchedulesSetup.action|archive-date=June 21, 2015|url-status=live}}

| Discover Airlines | Seasonal: Frankfurt | {{cite web |title=New long-haul flights |url=https://www.eurowings.com/en/discover/destinations/new-long-haul-flights.html |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001193550/https://www.eurowings.com/en/discover/destinations/new-long-haul-flights.html |url-status=live }}

| Grant Aviation | Kenai | {{cite web |title=Destinations - Grant Aviation |url=https://www.flygrant.com/flying-with-us/destinations/ |access-date=June 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141117/https://www.flygrant.com/flying-with-us/destinations/ |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}

| Hawaiian Airlines | Seasonal: Seattle/Tacoma (begins June 12, 2025) | {{cite web |title=Hawaiian Airlines NS25 Network Adjustments – 11DEC24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241211-hans25 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=11 December 2024}}

| Iliamna Air Taxi | Iliamna | {{cite web |title=Destinations - Iliamna Air Taxi |url=http://info.flightmapper.net/airline/V8/ANC |access-date=September 11, 2022 |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006011127/https://info.flightmapper.net/airline/V8/ANC |url-status=live }}

| Katmai Air | Brooks Camp, King Salmon | {{cite web |title=Katmai Air Schedule |date=May 26, 2020 |url=https://katmaiair.com/service-to-king-salmon/ |access-date=September 11, 2022 |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031175718/https://katmaiair.com/service-to-king-salmon/ |url-status=live }}

| Ravn Alaska | Cold Bay (suspended),{{cite web |last1=Greenly |first1=Theo |last2=Lusk |first2=Andy |title=Ravn Alaska suspends service to the Aleutian Islands |url=https://alaskapublic.org/2024/08/07/ravn-alaska-suspends-service-to-the-aleutian-islands/ |website=Alaska Public Media |date=7 August 2024 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816124159/https://alaskapublic.org/2024/08/07/ravn-alaska-suspends-service-to-the-aleutian-islands/ |url-status=live }} Homer (suspended), Sand Point (suspended), St. Mary's, St. Paul, Unalakleet, Unalaska/Dutch Harbor (suspended), Valdez
Seasonal: King Salmon |{{cite web|title=Route Map|url=https://ravnalaska.com/map|access-date=July 1, 2021|archive-date=October 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031175850/https://www.ravnalaska.com/map|url-status=live}}

| Reeve Air Alaska | Gulkana | {{cite web |url=https://reeveairalaska.com/ |title=Home |website=reeveairalaska.com |access-date=March 6, 2021 |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031180007/https://reeveairalaska.com/ |url-status=live }}

| Ryan Air | Aniak |{{cite web | url = http://ryanalaska.com/passenger/ | title = Passenger Schedules | publisher = Ryan Air Services | access-date = September 10, 2022 | archive-date = October 31, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231031180124/https://ryanalaska.com/passenger/ | url-status = live }}

| {{nowrap|Sun Country Airlines}} | Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul |{{cite web |title=Route Map & Flight Schedule |url=https://www.suncountry.com/Explore/Route-Map.html |access-date=June 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815090927/https://www.suncountry.com/Explore/Route-Map.html |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}

| United Airlines | Denver
Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark, San Francisco, Washington–Dulles |{{cite web|title=Timetable|url=https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/timetable/default.aspx|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128165254/https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/timetable/default.aspx|archive-date=January 28, 2017|url-status=live}}

|WestJet | Seasonal: Calgary (begins June 29, 2025) |{{cite web |title=WestJet NS25 Network Expansion |url= https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241116-wsns25us |publisher=AeroRoutes|date=November 15, 2024 |access-date=November 15, 2024}}

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{{Airport destination list

| Air China Cargo | Beijing–Capital, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, New York–JFK, Shanghai–Pudong

| Alaska Air Cargo{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaskaair.com/content/cargo/freighter-schedule|title=Freighter Schedule {{!}} Alaska Air Cargo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823042158/https://www.alaskaair.com/content/cargo/freighter-schedule|archive-date=August 23, 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=August 22, 2018}} | Adak, Bethel, Cordova, Deadhorse, Dillingham, Juneau, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Nome, Seattle/Tacoma, Utqiagvik

| Alaska Central Express | Aniak, Bethel, Cold Bay, Cordova, Dillingham, Iliamna, Juneau, King Salmon, Kodiak, Port Heiden, Sand Point, Sitka, St. George, St. Paul, Unalaska/Dutch Harbor

| Amazon Air | Seattle/Tacoma{{Cite web |url=https://www.ktva.com/story/40688355/amazon-air-coming-to-anchorage-speeding-up-package-delivery |title=Amazon Air coming to Anchorage, speeding up package delivery - KTVA 11 - the Voice of Alaska |access-date=June 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622121446/https://www.ktva.com/story/40688355/amazon-air-coming-to-anchorage-speeding-up-package-delivery |archive-date=June 22, 2019 |url-status=live }}

| Asiana Cargo | Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York–JFK, Seoul–Incheon

| Atlas Air{{cite web|title=Atlas Air Schedule|url=http://jumpseat.atlasair.com/travel/schedule.asp|website=Atlas Air|access-date=December 18, 2023|archive-date=August 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813134854/http://jumpseat.atlasair.com/travel/schedule.asp|url-status=live}} | Atlanta, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chicago–O'Hare, Chicago/Rockford, Chongqing, Cincinnati, Dallas/Fort Worth, Guadalajara, Halifax, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Houston–Intercontinental, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jinan, Los Angeles, Louisville, Miami, Mexico City–AIFA, Nanjing, Nashville, New York–JFK, Qingdao, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Xiamen, Zhengzhou

| Cargolux | Chicago–O'Hare, Columbus–Rickenbacker, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York–JFK, Singapore, Zhengzhou

| Cathay Pacific Cargo | Atlanta, Calgary, Chicago–O'Hare, Columbus–Rickenbacker, Dallas/Fort Worth, Guadalajara, Hong Kong, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Mexico City–AIFA, Miami, New York–JFK, San Francisco, Toronto–Pearson

| China Airlines Cargo | Atlanta, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Miami, New York–JFK, Osaka–Kansai, San Francisco, Taipei–Taoyuan

| China Cargo Airlines | Atlanta, Chicago–O'Hare, Shanghai–Pudong

| China Southern Cargo | Chicago–O'Hare, Guangzhou,{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/cz471|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031180237/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/cz471|url-status=live}} Los Angeles, Shanghai–Pudong, Zhengzhou

| DHL Aviation | Charleston (SC),{{cite web|url=http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI4131/history/20171121/2150Z/PANC/KCHS|title=Atlas Air Flight 4131|publisher=FlightAware|access-date=November 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201050221/http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI4131/history/20171121/2150Z/PANC/KCHS|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live}} Chicago–O'Hare,{{cite web|url=http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI596/history/20171022/0745Z/PANC/KORD|title=Atlas Air Flight 596|publisher=FlightAware|access-date=October 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023065122/http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI596/history/20171022/0745Z/PANC/KORD|archive-date=October 23, 2017|url-status=live}} Cincinnati, Hong Kong,{{cite web|url=http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI8373/history/20171023/0135Z/VHHH/PANC|title=Atlas Air Flight 8373|publisher=FlightAware|access-date=October 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023065534/http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI8373/history/20171023/0135Z/VHHH/PANC|archive-date=October 23, 2017|url-status=live}} Huntsville,{{cite web|url=http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI612/history/20171020/1640Z/PANC/KHSV|title=Atlas Air Flight 612|publisher=FlightAware|access-date=October 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023070027/http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI612/history/20171020/1640Z/PANC/KHSV|archive-date=October 23, 2017|url-status=live}} Los Angeles, Miami, Nagoya–Centrair,{{cite web|url=https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI4136/history/20171027/0635Z/RJGG/PANC|title=Atlas Air Flight 4136|publisher=FlightAware|access-date=October 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027132137/https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI4136/history/20171027/0635Z/RJGG/PANC|archive-date=October 27, 2017|url-status=live}} New York–JFK, Osaka–Kansai, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong,{{cite web|url=http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI518/history/20171023/0015Z/ZSPD/PANC|title=Atlas Air Flight 518|publisher=FlightAware|access-date=October 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023064820/http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI518/history/20171023/0015Z/ZSPD/PANC|archive-date=October 23, 2017|url-status=live}} Singapore, Tokyo–Narita{{cite web|url=http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI7167/history/20171023/0210Z/PANC/RJAA|title=Atlas Air Flight 7167|publisher=FlightAware|access-date=October 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023064538/http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI7167/history/20171023/0210Z/PANC/RJAA|archive-date=October 23, 2017|url-status=live}}

| Ethiopian Airlines Cargo | Addis Ababa, Atlanta,{{Cite web|url=https://ajot.com/news/ethiopian-cargo-launches-trans-pacific-cargo-flight-services-incheon-to-atlanta-via-anchorage|title=Ethiopian Cargo launches Trans-Pacific cargo flight services, Incheon to Atlanta via Anchorage|access-date=November 21, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031180350/https://ajot.com/news/ethiopian-cargo-launches-trans-pacific-cargo-flight-services-incheon-to-atlanta-via-anchorage|url-status=live}} Seoul–Incheon

| Etihad Cargo | Columbus–Rickenbacker, Hanoi

| EVA Air Cargo | Atlanta, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, New York–JFK, Osaka–Kansai, Taipei–Taoyuan{{cite web |title=Flight Timetable |url=https://www.brcargo.com/NEC_WEB/FileServer/CMS/2174/Cargo_Flights.pdf |website=EVA Air Cargo |access-date=May 9, 2022 |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518045552/https://www.brcargo.com/NEC_WEB/FileServer/CMS/2174/Cargo_Flights.pdf |url-status=dead }}

| Everts Air Cargo | Bethel, Dillingham, Emmonak, Galena, King Salmon, Kotzebue, Nome

| FedEx Express | Fort Worth/Alliance, Guam, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, Newark, Oakland, Osaka–Kansai, Seattle/Tacoma, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Toronto–Pearson

| FedEx Feeder | Fairbanks, Homer, Juneau, Kenai, Kodiak, Sitka

| Kalitta Air | Chicago–O'Hare,{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/k4935|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031180903/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/k4935|url-status=live}} Hefei, Hong Kong,{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/k4825|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031181008/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/k4825|url-status=live}} Los Angeles,{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/k4929|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001202653/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/k4929|url-status=live}} Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/k4915|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031181232/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/k4915|url-status=live}}

| Korean Air Cargo | Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Guadalajara, Halifax, Miami, New York–JFK, Seoul–Incheon, Toronto–Pearson

| Lynden Air Cargo | Bethel, Kotzebue, Nome

| National Airlines | Chicago–O'Hare,{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/n8526|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031181316/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/n8526|url-status=live}} Fairfield, Fussa–Yokota, Los Angeles, Nagoya–Centrair, Shanghai–Pudong, Tulsa

| Nippon Cargo Airlines | Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, New York–JFK, Tokyo–Narita

| Northern Air Cargo | Aniak, Bethel, Deadhorse, Dillingham, Nome, Red Dog, Unalakleet, Utqiagvik

| Polar Air Cargo | Tokyo–Narita

| Qantas Freight | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chicago–O'Hare, New York–JFK, Shanghai–Pudong, Sydney

| {{nowrap|Singapore Airlines Cargo}} | Dallas/Fort Worth, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Nanjing, Singapore, Xiamen

| Sky Lease Cargo | Changsha,{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/gg4854|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031181413/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/gg4854|url-status=live}} Chicago–O'Hare,{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/gg4857|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031181516/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/gg4857|url-status=live}} Miami, Zhengzhou

| Suparna Airlines | Chicago–O'Hare,{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/y87491|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194830/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/y87491|url-status=live}} Nanjing,{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/y87457|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001193725/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/y87457|url-status=live}} Shanghai–Pudong,{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/y87465|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001193947/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/y87465|url-status=live}} Zhengzhou

| TransNorthern Aviation | Kenai, Kodiak

| UPS Airlines | Chicago/Rockford, Hong Kong, Louisville, Newark, Ontario, Osaka–Kansai, Portland (OR), Seattle–Boeing, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita

| Western Global Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Myers, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Louisville, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/kd7355|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001193750/https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/kd7355|url-status=live}}

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A shuttle bus runs approximately every 15 minutes between the North and South terminals and the employee and long-term parking lots. A land-side inter-terminal walkway was completed in 2009. Air-side connections between the sterile areas of each terminal are not available.

Route 40 of the Anchorage People Mover bus system serves the airport's North and South terminals every 15 minutes from 6:00am to 7:30pm on weekdays and every 30 minutes until 2:00am, as well as service every 30 minutes all day on Saturday and Sunday, connecting it with the downtown Transit Center.{{cite web |url=http://www.peoplemover.org/ |title=People Mover |publisher=People Mover |access-date=February 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722095919/http://www.peoplemover.org/ |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |url=http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/travelerInfo/busShuttleSrvcs.shtml |title=Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport – Bus & Shuttle Services |publisher=Dot.state.ak.us |access-date=February 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330014407/http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/travelerInfo/busShuttleSrvcs.shtml |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |url-status=live }}

Taxi queues are available in front of each terminal. Courtesy vans and other ground transportation options pick up from designated areas in front of each terminal.{{cite web |author=Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |url=http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/travelerInfo/taxiSrvcs.shtml |title=Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport – Taxi Service |publisher=Dot.state.ak.us |access-date=February 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330014418/http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/travelerInfo/taxiSrvcs.shtml |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |url-status=live }}

Major national rental car chains are represented in an on-site consolidated rental car facility attached to the South terminal.{{cite web |author=Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |url=http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/travelerInfo/rentalCars.shtml |title=Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport – Rental Cars |publisher=Dot.state.ak.us |access-date=February 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330014411/http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/travelerInfo/rentalCars.shtml |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |url-status=live }}

There is a rail station for the Alaska Railroad. It is only available during the summer season for cruise ship service. The depot opened in 2003 after funding was secured by United States Senator Ted Stevens, but commuter service never materialized.{{Cite web|date=March 3, 2010|title=Anchorage Airport train depot echoes silence|url=https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/anchorage-airport-train-depot-echoes-silence/2010/03/03/|access-date=November 27, 2020|website=Anchorage Daily News|language=en-US|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205195919/https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/anchorage-airport-train-depot-echoes-silence/2010/03/03/|url-status=live}}

Renovations began on the A and B concourses in fall 2006. These renovations are designed to bring the older portions into compliance with current seismic, heating, ventilation, electrical and safety codes, and also include new baggage handling systems and renovations to the interior of the concourses.{{Cite web|url=http://dot.alaska.gov/anc/construction/abRetrofit.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515080951/http://dot.alaska.gov/anc/construction/abRetrofit.shtml|url-status=dead|title=State of Alaska Department of Transportation|archive-date=May 15, 2009}} Since the completion of the construction, all domestic flights are operated out of the South Terminal.

• Euphony,{{Cite web|url=http://www.cartherstudio.com/public-art|title=Public Art|website=Warren Carther|access-date=December 5, 2016|archive-date=August 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822041157/http://www.cartherstudio.com/public-art|url-status=live}} 2004: glass artist – Warren Carther

The piece consists of nine towers of glass, collectively adding up to 42 meters (130  ft) of span and reaching 8 meters (26 ft) at its highest point. The series of panels are inspired by Alaska's immensely rugged landscape of glaciers and mountains. The ambiguous images embedded within the sculpture address Alaska's continual balancing of the forces of technology with the vast powers of the natural world.

On November 30, 2018, at 8:29 a.m. AKST (17:29 UTC) was damaged in the 7.1 magnitude earthquake and repaired a few months later.

It was damaged again in 2020 by a disgruntled passenger which still has yet to be repaired as of 2022.

The airport features an innovative customer service program, which partners with most on-site (and some nearby) vendors and concessionaires and aims to promote a positive image of the airport and the State of Alaska in the minds of travellers. This volunteer, self-funded committee mystery shops at partnering companies provides awards of cash, free covered parking, and donated prizes to winning employees.{{cite web |author=Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |url=http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/about/customerSVS.shtml |title=Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport – Customer Service Partnership |publisher=Dot.state.ak.us |access-date=February 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330014426/http://www.dot.state.ak.us/anc/about/customerSVS.shtml |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.hudsongroupusa.com/award_winning_team.php |title=Hudson Group |publisher=Hudsongroupusa.com |access-date=February 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703075901/http://www.hudsongroupusa.com/award_winning_team.php |archive-date=July 3, 2013 }}{{Cite report |date=2008-01-07 |title=State of Alaska FY2009 Governor's Operating Budget |url=http://gov.state.ak.us/omb/09_omb/budget/Trans/comp613.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528020834/https://gov.alaska.gov/omb/09_omb/budget/Trans/comp613.pdf |archive-date=2010-05-28 |publisher=Alaska Department of Transportation |page=3}}

• On May 1, 1969, a Mobil Oil Canadair CL-44 on final approach to runway 6L at ANC, the undercarriage beam bogie snapped upon landing. The right wing and no. 3 and 4 engines struck the runway. The aircraft swerved onto the grass, breaking off the right wing. A fire erupted but all four occupants managed to escape. The probable cause was the co-pilot, who was conducting the landing, didn't level off correctly and supervision by the captain was inadequate. The aircraft was destroyed and written off.{{cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/331525|title=Accident description for N446T at Aviation Safety Network|website=aviationsafetynetwork.org|accessdate= November 19, 2024}}
• On October 1, 1970, Douglas R4D-6 N47 of the Federal Aviation Administration crashed shortly after take-off and was destroyed in the subsequent fire. The aircraft was operating a local training flight. Both crew members were killed.{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19701001-2 |title=N47 Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=October 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026114003/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19701001-2 |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |url-status=live }}
• On November 27, 1970, Douglas DC-8-63 of Capitol Airlines crashed on takeoff from Anchorage, killing 47 of 229 passengers and crew on board, operating as Capitol Flight 3/26.{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19701127-1 |title=Accident description |access-date=July 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019043632/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19701127-1 |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |url-status=live }}
• On January 13, 1977, JAL Cargo Flight 8054, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-62F, crashed shortly after takeoff with a cargo of live beef cattle for delivery to Tokyo, Japan. The three crew members and the two cargo handlers aboard the aircraft died in the crash, and the aircraft was destroyed. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was a stall that resulted from the pilot's control inputs aggravated by airframe icing while the pilot was under the influence of alcohol.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/look.php?report_key=147 |title=Event Details |access-date=August 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015849/http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/look.php?report_key=147 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=live }}
• On December 4, 1978, a Learjet 25C en route from Juneau crashed upon landing. On board were Ann Stevens, wife of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens; lobbyist and former Alaska Commissioner of Commerce and Economic Development (and future U.S. Ambassador to Brazil) Langhorne A. Motley, prominent Anchorage lawyer Joseph Rudd, and three others. The party was travelling from the second-term inauguration of Alaska governor Jay Hammond to an Anchorage fundraiser organized by Motley. Motley and Ted Stevens were the only survivors.{{cite news|title=The Great Alaska Feud |first=Nicholas |last=Lemann |author-link=Nicholas Lemann |newspaper=Washington Post |location=Washington |date=September 30, 1979|page=B1}}
• On June 8, 1983, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8's propeller separated from the Lockheed L-188 Electra and tore a hole in the fuselage over the Pacific Ocean, causing explosive decompression and loss of control. The pilots managed to land the aircraft safely at Anchorage, and all 15 passengers and crew survived. Since the propeller fell into the sea the cause of the separation is undetermined.
• On December 23, 1983, the 1983 Anchorage runway collision occurred when Korean Air Lines Flight 084, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 freighter bound for Los Angeles, attempted to take off on the wrong runway in dense fog and collided with SouthCentral Air Flight 59, a Piper PA-31 waiting to take off in the opposite direction. Both aircraft were destroyed, the three flight crew of the DC-10 were seriously injured, and three of the nine occupants of the PA-31 sustained minor injuries, but no fatalities resulted.
• On December 15, 1989, KLM Flight 867 entered a volcanic ash cloud after takeoff, created by an eruption from nearby Mount Redoubt. The flight suffered a complete loss of engine power and returned to make an emergency landing at Anchorage.
• On March 31, 1993, a Boeing 747-121, Japan Air Lines Flight 46E, operated by Evergreen International Airlines, departing Anchorage for Chicago, suffered a complete loss of the number 2 engine pylon at 2,000 ft after encountering severe-to-extreme turbulence after takeoff. The aircraft then experienced an uncommanded left bank of approximately 50 degrees. The flight crew successfully landed the aircraft back at Anchorage, to discover the number 2 engine and all of the leading edge of the wing between the number 1 and 2 engines had been torn away. The investigation found that the engine pylon had been weakened by metal fatigue cracking, which made the engine more susceptible to separation in severe turbulence.{{cite web |url=http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR93-06.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=September 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004132022/http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR93-06.pdf |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |url-status=usurped }}
• On October 9, 2002, a Boeing 747-451, Northwest Airlines Flight 85 en route from Detroit to Tokyo, suffered a lower rudder hardover. While flying over the Bering Sea, the aircraft abruptly went into a 35- through 40-degree left bank after the lower rudder had swung left 17° and hydraulic failure caused it to be stuck in place. Captain Frank Geib and First Officer Mike Fagan were at the controls at the time, having just taken over from Senior Captain John Hanson and First Officer David Smith. Geib declared an emergency and turned the aircraft back towards Anchorage. Hanson had returned to the cockpit and soon took over the controls. He and Fagan then flew the aircraft for over an hour before successfully landing in Anchorage. To steer the aircraft, they had to use asymmetric engine thrust or varying input into the engines as they were unable to use the ailerons at the time. No passengers or crew were injured, but the incident resulted in an airworthiness directive to prevent the possibility of a future accident.
• On November 30, 2018, the airport was hit by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake which shook the terminal and damaged buildings and the tower. FedEx 49 was on final approach to runway 7R when the quake hit. Tower ordered them to go around and FedEx 49 declared a missed approach. 117 people were injured in the terminal when the ceiling came down.{{Cite web |first=Annie |last=Zak |title=Anchorage airport open again for arrivals after landings were halted due to earthquake |url=https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2018/11/30/anchorage-airport-open-again-for-arrivals-after-landings-were-halted-due-to-earthquake/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Anchorage Daily News |language=en |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306111023/https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2018/11/30/anchorage-airport-open-again-for-arrivals-after-landings-were-halted-due-to-earthquake/ |url-status=live }}

The airport was the focus of a Smithsonian Channel miniseries Ice Airport Alaska that ran in late 2020. It has also been shown in the Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch.

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