For more than 50 years, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport has played an integral role in the growth of Anchorage and the State of Alaska. Today, the airport has an exciting and dynamic future, with geographic location providing unlimited potential moving goods and services and infrastructure to be used in the global marketplace.
Airport Facts:
- Less than 9.5 hours from 90% of the industrial world.
- #2 in the US for landed weight of cargo aircraft. (Memphis, TN is #1)
- #5 in the world for cargo throughput (#1 Hong Kong, #2 Memphis, TN, #3 Shanghai, #4 Incheon)
- Over 5 million passengers served in 2010
- World's largest and busiest floatplane base
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is responsible for approximately 15,577 airport & community jobs, earning $1 billion. That's 1 in 10 jobs in Anchorage!
