Ice Airport Alaska

The worlds only hub airport to operate in temperatures as low as -38 Celsius, and contend with winds over 100mph. With nearly 1000 flights per day, how does the airport stay open?

Thanksgiving is the busiest day in American aviation history. The staff fight freezing snowstorms, crowds and birds of prey as they try to keep the airport open for business.

It's the only hub airport on the planet to operate in temperatures as low as -38 Celsius and winds over 100mph. Katie chases a moose on a runway, and weather threatens Nick's flight into the interior.

Featuring wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders, and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport (ANC).

Wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders, and pandemic panics are witnessed at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport (ANC).

Wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport (ANC).

The holidays bring more passengers, more crime, and more blizzards to the Ice Airport.

A freak storm may freeze the delivery of urgent medical supplies.

A harsh winter cancels flights but can't keep rescue pilots from saving the day.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A damaged plane plunges Anchorage Airport into an emergency. A leak on a Coast Guard helicopter jeopardizes emergency cover. Rain turns the Fairbanks runways into ice rinks, and a dog-sled racing prodigy flies with furry teammates.

A father and son team of bush aviators flies a NASA expedition into the wilderness. A rookie airline pilot attempts a landing on a remote island. A seaplane mechanic starts a helicopter repair business, and customs agents.

Valentine's day delays loom when a squadron of F22 makes an unexpected landing; high winds threaten a helicopter's 600lb sling load; Aviators come to the rescue of a village without water.