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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
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Airport Facts

  • Equidistant from Tokyo and New York, within 9.5 hours of 90% of the industrialized world.
  • Nearly 5.4 million passengers served in FY2023.
  • Approximately 14 air carriers: 11 domestic and 3 international.
  • 46 passenger destinations served from ANC; 50 Cargo destinations served from ANC.
  • Over 43,000 passenger aircraft landings and over 50,000 wide and narrow body cargo aircraft landings in FY2023.
  • 18 Retail Outlets, several with different concepts/brands and 4 vending retail units.
  • 17 Food and Beverage Outlets, including three with 24 hour service (McDonald's and Starbucks).
  • 6 onsite Rental Car Companies located at ANC consolidated rental car facility (RAC).
  • 4,612 acre complex with hundreds of acres available for cargo and logistics development, including Kulis Business Park.
  • 964 paved acres – 768 of airside runways, ramps, aprons, and taxiways, plus 196 acres of pavement maintained in support of general aviation facilities, parking lots, and roads.
  • Three runways over 10,600 ft. - Longest runway - 12,400 ft.

  • Never closed for snow! Eight-time winner of the Balchen Post Award for Large Airport Snow Removal Programs, recognizing airports that keep runways open under the most challenging snow conditions.

  • No slot restrictions or curfews, operational 24 hours per day.
  • Economic impact - 1 in 7 jobs in Anchorage. 19,070 airport and community jobs directly related to the airport.
  • Approximately 138 wide-body cargo landings per day in FY2023.
  • Daily Fuel Flowage: approximately 2.5 million gallons per day in FY2023 (AIAS statistics).
  • 4th largest airport in the world in terms of cargo throughput (#1 Hong Kong, #2 Memphis, #3 Shanghai).
  • 2nd largest airport in the United States for landed weight of cargo aircraft (#1 Memphis).
  • 33 signatory air carriers
  • Lake Hood Seaplane Base is the world's  busiest floatplane base with over 300 float slips and 400 general aviation paved or gravel tie down spots.

DOT&PF Mission

Keep Alaska Moving

Moving beyond Alaska's challenges while meeting Alaskans' distinct transportation needs through trust, teamwork, and results.

DOT&PF Core Values

  • Integrity: Doing the right thing even when no one is watching. Doing what you say you are going to do
  • Excellence: Commitment to continually improve
  • Respect: Positive regard for customers, stakeholders, investors and colleagues
  • Safety: Commitment to safeguarding transportation systems and users while promoting a safety culture in the workplace.

DOT&PF Vision – Organizational Excellence

  • Modern: We use new ways of working to recruit, solve problems, share information with the public, and efficiently deliver transportation improvements.
  • Resilient: We build cross-functional teams, across regional boundaries, to deliver results faster. Our teams share information, collaborate, innovate to solve problems, respond to emergencies, and deliver projects.
  • Agile: We partner with communities, private sector partners and other agencies to build transportation infrastructure for Alaskans. We leverage technology and implement alternative project delivery to accomplish our mission.