Anchorage International Airport is located two miles south of Anchorage, Alaska. The airport features two terminals: South Terminal and North Terminal. The South Terminal includes four concourses, and serves both international and U.S. flights. Airlines located in the South Terminal include Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American, Frontier, Hawaii Airlines, Northwest, and more. The North Terminal has one concourse and serves Asiana Airlines, China Airlines, Delta, Condor, Japan Airlines, Korean Arlines, U.S Airways, and Sun Country.

The airport hosts thousands of visitors each year, and there are plenty of passenger services to accommodate travelers. Retail shops and restaurants are located throughout both terminals. Additionally, free wireless Internet and other business amenities are available in both terminals. Anchorage International Airport features a sleep and rest center, which offers travelers private or family sleep rooms. The rest center is located in concourse C of the south terminal.

Smoking is not permitted inside the South Terminal building. However, smoking is allowed inside the smoking lounge located in the North Terminal and outside the terminals in designated areas. Other passenger amenities include military lounge, barber shop, and visitor information kiosk.

Directions to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Proceed on Minnesota Boulevard and exit at International Airport Road. Turn onto International Airport Road and follow the signs to the airport.

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC, FAA LID: ANC)[2] is the major airport in the United States state of Alaska located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage.[1]

Constructed in 1951 as Anchorage International Airport, it was renamed by the Alaska Legislature in 2000 to honor current and long-standing U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. It is Alaska Airlines' second-largest hub, after Seattle. It is also a major cargo hub and, as of 2005, ranks as the world's third-busiest airport by cargo traffic, after Memphis and Hong Kong. The majority of passenger flight operations are on Alaska Airlines to and from Seattle (an average of 20 flights per day) and Fairbanks (an average of 13 flights per day).

Anchorage was a common stopover for passengers flying to East Asia from the 1960s to the 1980s because U.S., Asian, 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. Some passenger aircraft still stop at Anchorage on flights between Asia and the eastern United States.

FedEx Express and United Parcel Service operate major hubs at Anchorage International for cargo heading to and from the Far East. NWA Cargo also operates a major hub at the airport. 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. 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.

Anchorage is also envisioned as a future connecting point for air traffic to the Russian Far East. Although no flights presently link Anchorage and Russia, there are plans to add flights to Sakhalin in the near future to meet the demands of U.S. oil companies.[3] 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.

Korean Air Flight 007, which was shot down by Soviet fighters in Soviet airspace on September 1, 1983, was flying from Anchorage International to Kimpo, 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.

Renovations

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.[6] As a result of the construction, Continental Airlines' gates were temporarily moved to the North Terminal in 2006 and Northwest Airlines' ticketing and baggage facilities were permanently moved to the C concourse. When construction is completed in late 2009, Continental, Delta, and US Airways will move to the South Terminal, consolidating the domestic airlines at ANC.