Why Cargo Airlines Love Anchorage So Much
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2023
- Anchorage ted stevens is one of the busiest cargo airports in the world. Even though Anchorage city has very less population and production,the airport is ranked 3rd busiest in the world and 2nd biggest in America in terms of cargo. The reason for it to be so busy is because of it's location which helps cargo airlines in saving thousands of dollars.
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General Billy Mitchell stated to the U.S. Congress in 1935, "I believe that in the future, whoever holds Alaska will hold the world. I think it is the most important strategic place in the world."
One of my favorite parts of living in Anchorage is the planes. Not only the tons of traffic in and out of ANC, but Merrill Field, too. It's Anchorage's General Aviation airport, and has something like 600 operations a day. And then there's Lake Hood, which is the country's (and apparently the world's, sez wikipedia) busiest seaplane base, with ~190 operations a day.
As others have pointed out, ANC was massively expanded for commercial flights because during the Cold War, American planes couldn't fly over the USSR or China. Fortunately for the world -- but unfortunately for us :-) -- the Cold War ended, so planes didn't need to stop here to refuel on their way to Asia or Europe. And I suppose one day, with changes in aviation tech, our unique position as an air cargo hub will cease, too.
I'll still be here, soaking it all in, playing my songs to the other wayward souls who have found their true home, too.
You can find like 747s there
Because I’m old, I’ll always like seeing the DC3s up there.
@@alanmiller9681they still have dakotas over there?
@@sidv4615 Canadian? Eh?
I truly, truly envy you. I live in Baja California, Mexico and that is the only American state I'd love to visit. Hopefully one day I'll drive up there. It's so mysterious, so close to Russia with your long winters and summers. Oh, you're so lucky!
Back in the 70’s, the World Airways DC8-62 I was on had a fueling stop in Anchorage. That old stretch DC8 used the whole runway to get off the ground in the dead of winter and then lumbered slowly into the sky. For the longest time it seemed we were well below the massive Mt McKinley off the starboard wing as we headed to Seoul.
Something about old, slow-climbing birds is beautiful
@@UnitedStatesOfCoffee Yes. As long as they finally get off the ground. I wasn’t so sure in this case. As you might know because of its design there was no stretch version of the 707, only the DC8. Only can guess that the engines were the same as on the original version, just carrying more weight.
@@UnitedStatesOfCoffeeanchorage is like the DXB hub of cargo flights in America.
Oh I laughed out loud so hard when I heard -10c is extreme! I’m sure it’s cold to some, but extreme? And a ‘quite small population’ of only 290,000!!! ahhh those two things made my day!
I also wear shorts in -500 degree weather!
everything is relative.
Minus 10 Celsius is certainly NOT extreme. At that temperature you'd cross-country ski without gloves.
But think about the airport, runways would need continuous snow removal, runway friction would also need to be continuously measured removing snow from signs and lights, it's a challenging task.
@@Broadvay -10 is too cold for precipitation tho, although not uncommon, and someone that lives in Maine, -10 Celsius in winter is perfectly fine to wear just a hoodie and joggers outside, unless it’s snowing which at Tht temperature it doesn’t often. Snowfall occurs mostly in -5 to 2 degrees Celsius
Someone definitely messed that up; even -10f is only about -23c
Being from New Hampshire, you are exaggerating, I have worked in these temperatures for decades, it is indeed very cold. Now one is out in just a hoodie and joggers without significant layers on underneath. Skin exposed at this temperature is begging for frost bite as well.
Err what!? 😮😮
As a 30 year resident of Anchorage I can tell you it’s non stop airplane noise everywhere in Anchorage if not a 747 it’s a fighter jet at Elemendorf AFB or a prop plane from Merrill Field or a float plane from (Jeter Lake) Lake Spenard.
There was a time when your plane from New York to Asia had to do a refueling stop at Anchorage (or Honolulu). In fact, after I made my first trip to Southeast Asia (in the early 1980s) my friends who had gone that way before asked me, "How was Anchorage?" I didn't tell them where the plane would stop on the way, but they knew...
Indeed. I thought Anchorage would return as a transit stop for flights from Europe to East Asia, once Russia closes its airspace to Western airlines - but the range of the new jets makes it unnecessary even on Trans Polar flights.
"A" for effort and participation. "C-" for accuracy. Explaining the importance of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport without mentioning the Cold War, the flight restrictions and need to refuel is missing over half of the story. You mention how the local community is trying to keep the airport relevant in the future, but you don't mention how it had become much less useful when passenger aircraft no longer needed to make a technical stop.
And referring to -10°F has cold is comical. I've experienced many days below -25°F the lower 48. There are a lot of people who work in food warehouses and even refrigerated trailers that are kept at -10°F.
A lot of work went into this video. You definitely earned the participation trophy.
Cargo airlines likely don't care about anything other than those flight restrictions and need to refuel, the original question was why cargo airliners love going to Anchorage, nothing more
-10 degree C is a normal winter day in ANC.
during summer, there are also many pax operations among the US and some Euro carriers. and the city is filled with tourists.
Just a note: A "direct" flight, say Tokyo to San Francisco, can stop in Anchorage and still be a direct flight. A flight from Tokyo to San Francisco that doesn't stop on the way is a "non-stop," not a "direct." (Technically, a direct flight is one that retains the same flight number from point to point, regardless of how many stops it makes on the way). Pedantic, I suppose, but it's important to know the difference if you are booking a flight for yourself! Cargo, it doesn't care so much 😉
In the old days, 70’s and 80’s, most international passenger lines from east coast USA to Asia stopped at ANC.
I made a stop in ANK en route from YYZ to HKG in 2000. On CX.
Seems the winds were blowing against us. We were able to get off the plane, but had to stay in an Immigration quarantined area. Only the crew left and was replaced.
" frighters" I think is Freighters ?
Gotta love all those “Fry-ters” that fly in and out of ANC.
Carrying cargo is profitable, carrying fuel is not. And cargo never complains for a fuel stop.
10 hours of fuel with more cargo or 14 hours of fuel with less cargo makes easy sense for airlines
Thank you so much for this. I had never thought of cargo airliners stopping to load more cargo in Anchorage due to the aircraft being lighter as a result of using up fuel up to Anchorage. Why fly non-stop with a lighter plane when you can add more cargo to a lighter plane by stopping at Anchorage? Smart!
This video was very well done. ANC will continue to be a major cargo hub well into the future.
And, if Northern Pacific Airways is successful, it will be a passenger hub, too! The concept already works in Iceland which holds a comparable position for the Atlantic.
I love the effort in this video!
Excellent video and very well narrated as well.
Great video. I don’t know what I’ll do with this information, but I’ll remember it forever.
What is a frighter?
Also, try -40°c/f for a low isn't unheard of.
Very well made video! Only 4.78K subs? You deserve more!
Thank you
I remember landing at Anchorage for a fishing trip with my dad and grandpa. it was so cool seeing the majestic ups 747s sitting there. I had never seen one up until that point
Yeah, anchorage is the airport if you like 747's
Hearing the word Freighter pronounced as FRIGHTER multiple times almost ruined the whole video for me
That was ridiculous. I was starting to think it wasn't a real person. Also it get much colder there than -10c
@@shrimpflea Yeah i hate grammar nazis but that was pretty egregious pronunciation
a very deep cut in fuel pricing would help.
free lodging with perks for crew layovers.
maybe a any airline repair facility?
landing fee reductions?
but some of this would cut into the states take.
Thanks good economy explanation.
first time i flew to asia from Europe, 1986 , we had a refueling stop in Anchorage before heading to Japan
Good video!
The extreme weather of Anchorage Alaska sound pretty good to me, I had -40(C/F) this winter.
The planes stopped taking off after -35C because the deicing fluid only works to that temp
“…since 80% of cargo planes have a stop in Anchorage, it means that 80% of the products that are coming from China have also been to Anchorage as well…”. That’s misleading because the vast majority of imported products are coming via cargo ship, not airplane.
A lot of the stuff that's ordered or shipped direct from China comes by air. If it's in-stock anywhere in the US, whether it's an online seller's warehouse or a brick-and-mortar store, it likely came by ship.
If someone selects economy shipping, then yes it goes via cargo ship, but I'd take a guess most people don't select that option.
You forgot to mention that Amazon is retrofitting a building for a sorting center. In fact it's probably open by now.
10 degrees isn’t even extreme. It gets down to -40 in Alberta.
A 8.5-minute video that can be condensed into one word: location.
As someone who has planes from anchorage fly over me, I can confirm this helps me understand more
I think you must be someone not from Aviation industry cause people's in aviation dont usually say "seven seven seven rather triple seven". But literally I'm impressed about your work.
And unless I misunderstood, she said "fryter" instead of "frayter when mentioning wide bodied FREIGHTER aircraft. I know I 'm being nit picky, but my mother was a teacher and she taught me the importance of proper pronunciation. If this had been a class presentation, the teacher would have given her a poor grade. Videos like these, should be narrated by people who know what they're talking about.
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I think world safety standard and clearest way is to say each digit for any critical comms
@@jocelynharris-fx8ho I noticed that too.... quite odd. Never heard that word mispronounced before.
@@jocelynharris-fx8hoagreed. Didn’t know somebody could mispronounce that word.
@@jocelynharris-fx8ho I first heard that, I thought "Fighters??!" WTH?
Simple answer: it’s the center of the world and it’s a great refueling stop for long haul cargo transporters when they are heavy! That’s your answer!
My old lady changed her bloody pull-up during a layover in Anchorage last year.
Not a bad video. The snow removal clip in the beginning isn’t ANC. They don’t have a runway 2L-20R. Also Ops doesn’t run the snow removal program.
-10 degrees Celsius is something you consider "harsh winter"? Come on! What about -30 degrees Celsius or below that?
They think telling us Celsius we will think. It’s colder then It really is.
Triple 7 looks great in Fed Ex purple. !!🥰
Thank you very much for this very informative Video!🙂👍 All the best to Anchorage!
Glad you like it
"You see" Lady Sam from Wendover?
I remember Philippine Airlines stopping at Anchorage in the past
When I was a youngster we would occasionally make a pitstop in Alaska on our way to and from NE Asia. I am guessing this is before aircraft became so fuel efficient. 🤔
Yeah, planes back in the day used to stop here to refuel, the airport would see planes from both Asia and Europe and was pretty busy at that time but when the refuel was no longer needed, planes started flying direct.
It was actually because the Soviet Union didn't allow any NATO/ NATO aligned aircraft to fly over their airspace, so flights to Asia had to fly West from Europe rather than East. That is one of the reasons Finnair became so famous for their Asian routes, because since Finland was neutral during the Cold War the Soviets allowed their aircraft to flyover.
Yes, and pax wouldn't take a flight that makes a stop there. Cargo won't care.
The distinction is between cargo and passengers. Cargo doesn't care if it has a layover in Anchorage, but passengers do. Many are willing to pay more to cover the added fuel costs in what is already a miserably long flight.
4:39 What is a wide body fighter aircraft
It’s Location, weather & low labor costs. ❤❤
Denver is surely a pretty cool city, I like it too❤️
Inside look at the Anchorage Grand Prix at 4:47
Amazing explanation new Sub here
Thanks and welcome
Yup, that's where I work.
A salute to Ted Stevens 'Series of Tubes' International Airport!
[ we poke fun at that, but we people who run the Internet tend to call them hoses or pipes, so he wasn't far off. ]
Question is: what are the landing fees at Anchorage for a 747 cargo?
LAX - $8.20 per 1,000 pounds of MGLW
ANC - $1.87 per 1,000 pounds CMGTW
looks cheap to me
As a canadian -10°c is a joke to call this extreme weather
Yes, same for me ; I’m in Minnesota. -40 is where F & C scales meet
Anytime there's a video about extreme weather, there's always at least one canadian with the "I wear shorts in -500c weather!" bullsht.
Good video but it gets much colder there than -10c. You should also learn how to correctly pronounce the word Freighter.
I would like to visit Anchorage
big fuck up around 5:51 those 747 are heading to DHL's ramp not Amazons at CVG, amazon does not use 747 but exclusively 767 and 737 like pictured.
Taking multiple shorter legs is ALWAYS more fuel efficient than fly direct (fuel cost per distance per weight), so plane will never stop coming
Frantically googling “Celsius to Fahrenheit” in order to confirm that -10°C is, in fact, not extreme.
Ted stevens anchorage international airport is filled with boeing 747 but they do have alska airlines that go there
I'm surprised, based on it's location, it's not busier for commercial
Anyobe notice the Wiliams f1 team cargo?
Now if only Amazon Prime would do 2 day shipping instead of 3-5 business days. way back in the day when amazon was still new it was a true 2 days but as time went on they pushed it further and further back offering same day delivery for people in the states and pushing Alaska prime to 3-5 days even though the shipping hub for amazon from Asia is anchorage
Also , no major commercial(passenger) service, so , no worries about passengers causing trouble for the most part....
Did anyone else notice DHL transporting Formulan 1 Car to the Canada grand prix
In short, it just comes down to the fact a heavily-loaded 747 Freighter or a 777F needs to stop in Anchorage to refuel on the flight between eastern ASia and the USA.
-10C isn't ideal temperature, but I won't call it extreme by any stretch. But, if it's accompanied with strong winds and storms, then sure.
How do you pronounce 'freighter'?
The name of the city says that you stop there.
Just FYI, the 777 is usually pronounced "triple seven".
"Amazon b747" and they show an Amazon 737 cargo plane.
Amazon has no 747 in their fleet.
2:15 this NOT Anchorage, it’s Cologne-Bonn Airport (CGN) in Germany…
If there was a problem at ANC, where could those 747s divert to?
probably to other smaller airports in Alaska or to Vancouver if they have sufficient fuel.
FAI(Fairbanks) is less than 230nm away fm ANC and it's rwy length is 3,500m+ which is more than sufficient for a fully loaded 747F to use.
And in extreme emergencies, civilian freighters can divert to 2 huge USAF bases, Eielson and Elmendorf, less than an hour away fm ANC.
i like Anchorage but its too far from my country and costly to go there.
I wish I could live in Alaska though not in Anchorage
Fray-ter not fry-ter lol
The only American state I'd love to visit.
No homeless?
@@franciscody9622 I don't know. I'm not American but I would love to visit it.
No, there are other nations closer to you.
also people forget that fuel costs fuel to carry. fly to anchorage and you carry less fuel.
Location, location, location.
The Hong Kong airport has the Biggest Cargo in the world.
Refueling and stopping over for All Aircraft and Emergency locations if anything happened on the Aircraft can easily divert their journey cause Hawaii is too far North west although is cold area. And benefits people living center of commerce. And access to other Airport in world that's why America purchased to the Russia 🇷🇺 of potential.
3:30 is it garuda indonesia?
It looks like it!
Since Ted stevens is a cargo hub, The Queen of the skies (747) still dominates the airspace over Anchorage. It's a rare sight elsewhere though.
Also a good chunk of the Continental US sees winters much colder than -10 C. That's your typical winter night in Boston or Chicago, which while cold is certainly not unusually frigid. Anchorage probably gets down to -30 C on a typical winter night.
Wait did this woman say -10C? This is not extreme at all. It’s 14F which is not that bad at all.
I can confirm that all Apple products I own have gone through Anchorage.
I love how 4 to 8 planes pass near my house everyday from Anchorage, it's amazing to see the long route they take from Alaska to Mexico City
As a person who actually has flown into PANC/ANC as a pilot for AA, i don't understand why you're spending a ton of time to make the 8 minute video when it could be summarized in a minute. also kind of depressing that you said -10c, which is much higher than it usually is in winter (from experience)
'frighter'?
-10C is hardly extreme.
Video summary: Pitstop
-10 Celsius 🤦♀️
🤷♀️ This ain’t EXTREME weather🤷♀️
Chicago got -21 just few weeks ago😒
Right? I live in chicago and we get below zero in the farenhights like every winter
"Frighters"?
Anchorage is used as a refueling hub, cargo and passenger planes load less fuel and more cargo or people and make a pit stop on the way gotta make more money !!! !
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But why?? Use the ships. Why the heck are we using the most expensive shipping method?
Ships take months to go anywhere
=AND WHAT'S ABOUT ROLE THAT ANCHORAGE SERVED AT COLD WAR,THOUGH????LIKE EVERYTHING HUB
......BUT......I GUESS...........DUBAI IS THERE SO FLIGHTS BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA ARE GOING THROUGH HERE NOW
In faaaaact.....
Lol😂😂
Frighters?
This video could have been said in one or two sentences
Frighter? Seriously?
I just shit my pants.
Groovy! Got pics?