AirportsTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport is a large airport serving Anchorage, in Alaska, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ANC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ANC
- ICAO code
- PANC
- City
- Anchorage
- State or region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 61.1790° N, 149.9926° W
- Elevation
- 46 m (152 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,780 m (12,400 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ANC means Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: PANC. ICAO codes that begin with P belong to the North Pacific, including Alaska and Hawaii. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 61.1790° N, 149.9926° W. It stands 46 metres (152 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Anchorage, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,780 metres (12,400 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 18.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07R/25L | 3,780 m 12,400 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 15/33 | 3,312 m 10,865 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 07L/25R | 3,231 m 10,600 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Merrill FieldAnchorage | MRI | 9 km |
| Kenai Municipal AirportKenai | ENA | 96 km |
| Chenega Bay AirportChenega | NCN | 164 km |
| Tatitlek AirportTatitlek | TEK | 181 km |
| Homer AirportHomer | HOM | 189 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,174 km | 11 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,310 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,137 km | 12 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,200 km | 9 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,434 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,771 km | 5 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,725 km | 13 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,565 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,831 km | 14 h 45 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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