New Hangar Will Make Nenana a Base for Cargo Drone Testing
UAF researchers testing aerial cargo drones are returning to Nenana, thanks to funding for a new airport hangar that will be built this summer.
UAF researchers testing aerial cargo drones are returning to Nenana, thanks to funding for a new airport hangar that will be built this summer.
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport surpassed Shanghai Pudong Airport in the latest tally of world air cargo to claim the slot for third busiest airport in 2022.
The launch date is set for Northern Pacific Airways, but not out of Anchorage. The first route connects the Los Angeles area to Las Vegas.
The Federal Aviation Administration granted a regulatory waiver so that UAF researchers won’t need a special airworthiness certificate for every unmanned aircraft test.
Alaska Air Cargo selected Boeing to convert two 737-800 passenger jets into freighters, adding to the fleet serving its namesake state.
A new regional airline is serving the Aleutian Islands, with the inaugural flight of Aleutian Airways from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor and back.
Northern Pacific Airways won’t fly passengers until 2023, so a 757 jet visited the refurbished North Terminal at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to prove the venture is still making progress.
The new Airport Manager at Merrill Field in Anchorage is Rich Sewell. Mayor Dave Bronson selected Sewell to run the city-owned airport, effective September 12.
Alaska Airlines is adding daily round-trip service from Anchorage to Everett, Washington, just north of Seattle, effective November 30.
The passenger boarding bridge at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Gate B9 is getting a replacement thanks to a federal infrastructure grant.