ANC

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

ICAO PANC61.1790°N 149.9926°W151 ft / 46 mLarge airport
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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC) is a large airport in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It opened in 1951. It has 3 runways; the longest is 12,400 ft (3,780 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 5.4 million passengers.

Timeline

7 events · 1951–2002
1951
OpenedTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport opens.
16 DEC 1975
DisasterJapan Airlines Flight 422.
13 JAN 1977
DisasterJapan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045.5 killed
08 JUN 1983
DisasterReeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8.No deaths
23 DEC 1983
Disaster1983 Anchorage runway collision.No deaths
31 MAR 1993
DisasterJapan Airlines Flight 46E.No deaths
09 OCT 2002
DisasterNorthwest Airlines Flight 85.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
North TerminalAtlas Air IncContegoMatheson Flight ExtendersUPS TerminalReeve Air AlaskaSouth TerminalConcourse CConcourse BConcourse A
07R/25L090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH12,400 ft3,780 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt
15/33165° / 345° · LIT
LENGTH10,865 ft3,312 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt
07L/25R090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH10,600 ft3,231 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
5.2M
5.1M
5.1M
5.1M
5.2M
5.5M
2.3M
4.3M
5.1M
5.3M
5.5M
5.4M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

30 destinations · 11 countries
5,000 km10,000 km2,500 mi5,000 mi7,500 miENA · Kenai Municipal Airport · 60 mi / 96 kmHOM · Homer Airport · 117 mi / 189 kmAKN · King Salmon Airport · 288 mi / 463 kmANI · Aniak Airport · 317 mi / 510 kmKSM · St Mary's Airport · 441 mi / 709 kmSDP · Sand Point Airport · 556 mi / 895 kmCDB · Cold Bay Airport · 619 mi / 996 kmSNP · St Paul Island Airport · 764 mi / 1,230 kmDUT · Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport · 790 mi / 1,271 kmYVR · Vancouver International Airport · 1,327 mi / 2,136 kmYYC · Calgary International Airport · 1,523 mi / 2,451 kmFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 4,662 mi / 7,502 kmFAI · Fairbanks International Airport · 260 mi / 418 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 1,445 mi / 2,326 kmOAK · Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport · 2,013 mi / 3,240 kmONT · Ontario International Airport · 2,357 mi / 3,794 kmIND · Indianapolis International Airport · 3,012 mi / 4,848 kmSDF · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 3,115 mi / 5,013 kmMEM · Frederick W. Smith International Airport · 3,147 mi / 5,065 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 3,361 mi / 5,409 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 3,410 mi / 5,488 kmNRT · Narita International Airport · 3,426 mi / 5,513 kmKIX · Kansai International Airport · 3,672 mi / 5,909 kmNLU · Felipe Ángeles International Airport · 3,761 mi / 6,053 kmICN · Incheon International Airport · 3,789 mi / 6,098 kmGUM · Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport · 4,586 mi / 7,380 kmTPE · Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · 4,672 mi / 7,519 kmCAN · Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · 5,028 mi / 8,092 kmSIN · Singapore Changi Airport · 6,664 mi / 10,725 kmADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 7,566 mi / 12,176 kmADDSINCANTPEFRAGUMICNNLUKIXATLEWRONTYYCSEADUTKSMFAINRTMEMINDOAKSNPAKNYVRCDBSDFSDPANIHOMENAANC
Cargo20
ENAKenai Municipal AirportUnited States · FedEx Express96 km60 miHOMHomer AirportUnited States · FedEx Express189 km117 miFAIFairbanks International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express418 km260 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Amazon Air, Northern Air Cargo2,326 km1,445 miOAKOakland San Francisco Bay AirportUnited States · FedEx Express3,240 km2,013 miONTOntario International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines3,794 km2,357 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express4,848 km3,012 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines5,013 km3,115 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express5,065 km3,147 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express5,409 km3,361 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Ethiopian Airlines5,488 km3,410 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · FedEx Express5,513 km3,426 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · FedEx Express5,909 km3,672 miNLUFelipe Ángeles International AirportMexico · Awesome Cargo6,053 km3,761 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Ethiopian Airlines, FedEx Express6,098 km3,789 miGUMAntonio B. Won Pat International AirportGuam · FedEx Express7,380 km4,586 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · EVA Air, FedEx Express7,519 km4,672 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · FedEx Express8,092 km5,028 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · FedEx Express10,725 km6,664 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines12,176 km7,566 mi
Most destinationsFedEx Express 14Aleutian Airways 7Ethiopian Airlines 3UPS Airlines 2Grant Aviation 1Katmai Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ANC. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers5.4M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#321of 3,974 · #73 North America · #58 USLongest runway12,400 ft3,780 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=240of 29,823 · =57 North America · =47 USElevation151 ft46 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,169of 43,341 · =16,011 North America · =13,446 USAgeOpened 19512026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,751of 15,079 · =2,596 North America · =2,536 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

12 channels
A/DAPP/DEP119.100
A/DAPP/DEP123.800
ATISATIS118.400
AWOSTWEB114.300
CLDCLNC DEL119.400
FSSKENAI RDO122.200
GNDGND121.900
MISCSAN FRANCISCO ARINC1133.000
POSTCAMPER140.150
RFSSKENAI RDO122.550
TWRTWR118.300
UNICUNICOM122.950