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Ice Airport Alaska
2020 - 2024 7.8 (4 votes) 5 Seasons
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Documentary Reality
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Smithsonian Channel

Ice Airport Alaska

Overview

A chronicle of the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) open, freight flowing, and passengers flying, all despite weather that regularly dips to -38 Fahrenheit and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.

Seasons

Season 4 (2023)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Arctic Guardians
2023-10-08

A suspected toxic leak grounds a 737 at Anchorage International, engine trouble endangers the mid-air refueling of the USAF's most advanced fighter jet in Alaska, and a discovery at airport customs busts a potential smuggling.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: Arctic Survival
2023-10-15

Crews at Alaska's biggest airport race to repair a broken snowblower in advance of a major winter storm, and a group of Air Force pilots learn how to survive in extreme Arctic conditions.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: Crisis At Crooked Creek
2023-10-22

A family-run airline flies emergency supplies to a remote village hit by water pollution. Alaska's biggest cargo airline loads high explosives on a busy runway, and Anchorage's elite pilots come to the rescue of a holiday party.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 4: Snow Bomb
2023-10-29

Record-breaking snow in Anchorage could shut the airport. A novice pilot tests his nerve landing on a frozen lake. USAF aircrews battle the toughest Arctic survival training and a unique aircraft workshop Alaska-proofs a vintag.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: Ice Warriors
2023-11-05

NOAA Hurricane Hunters prepare to fly into the heart of a storm, harsh weather threatens vital combat training for U.S. Air Force pilots, and a vintage plane makes an extraordinary journey.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: Wild Ice
2023-11-12

Travelers from Anchorage get stranded halfway to an island in the Bering Sea, extreme skaters fly into the wilderness in search of Wild Ice, and Alaska's premium cargo airline fights to deliver a team of huskies.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: Snow, Sweat and Gears
2023-11-19

Alaska's aviators fly into the wild for the world's toughest snowmobile race, Anchorage mechanics wrestle with a damaged 737's jet engine, and scientists take to the air to fight back against floods devastating remote communities.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 8: On Thin Ice
2023-12-03

A bush plane resupply mission nearly ends in disaster, veterinarians brave winter storms to bring canine care to a remote village, and U.S. Air Force personnel train over the Alaskan tundra.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: Runway Mayday
2023-12-10

A 747 mayday triggers an emergency, a young Indigenous student pilot practices challenging landing techniques, and an extreme surfer flies high to find waves at America's coolest surf spot.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: Thawed Out
2023-12-17

A bar owner takes flight on an Alaskan beer run, engineers work to clear a cargo plane of corrosion, a retired 727 finds a new home, and mechanics rid a bush plane's wing of a rat's nest.

Runtime: 44 min
Season 5 (2024)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Flight of the Grizzly
2024-10-27

An orphaned bear cub flies to a new home, bush pilots bring life-saving medical machinery to a remote village, record snowfall threatens to close down Anchorage Airport for Thanksgiving, and the US Army prepares for airborne war.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: Mountain Sheep, Pizza Pie
2024-11-03

A breakdown on the Fairbanks runway threatens a heavy-weight military jet's urgent mission; a rookie flight instructor faces a make-or-break flight; an ice-tour pilot races against Alaskan weather; a bush airline flies a 400-mile pizza delivery.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: The Flight Before Christmas
2024-11-10

A major snowstorm disrupts Christmas travel in Anchorage; bush pilots aid an Arctic village after a fire; ice jeopardizes an airborne science mission; Customs agents combat a surge in illegal holiday food imports.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 4: Shivering Timbers
2024-11-17

A Coast Guard chopper pilot battles winds in a mission that will decide her flying career, a mountain construction project gets an express aerial delivery of materials in Alaska-style, and two bald eagles hitch a first-class rid.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: Flight to Glory
2024-11-24

A trainee chopper pilot tackles a mid-air engine shutdown. Bush pilots face a high-altitude test on an aerial grocery run. The US Army in Alaska launch their biggest helicopter deployment ever, and an Arctic-sports phenom flies.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: Avalanche Warning
2024-12-01

Scientists fly to save Anchorage from avalanche destruction. Border agents stop a potential insect invasion at Anchorage International. A bush pilot flies explosive cargo for a village festival, and the Coast Guard race to repair a rescue helicopter.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: The Big Chill
2024-12-08

A DC-6  flies into fuel-freezing weather to deliver vital medicine. A rookie Coast Guard rescue swimmer faces his final helicopter test. An engine fault could ruin the flightseeing season, and a blizzard threatens to close two international airports.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 8: Sunspot
2024-12-15

Two pilots try to build a new bush plane from 70-year-old designs. The Army gets its big guns airborne to protect America's north. Hurricane-force winds threaten Anchorage International, and NASA scientists blast off from Alaska's own Cape Canaveral.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: Runway Meltdown
2024-12-22

A pilot races to fly food to a homesteader. Entrepreneurs reviving a 1940's airframe land on ice to prove it can be the future of bush flying. Trainee plane mechanics face a crucial test, and an airport night guardian calls time on a 30-year career.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: Flight of the Goose
2024-12-22

The Coast Guard flies a twelve-ton fuel truck to keep a remote base operational. An athlete flies to a dangerous airport for a glacier race. Fairbanks crews fight an avian invasion, and after a decade in a museum, a Grumman Goose takes to the skies.

Runtime: 44 min

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