# Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)

> Anchorage, US · IATA: ANC · ICAO: PANC · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `ANC` |
| ICAO | `PANC` |
| City | Anchorage |
| Country | US |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 46 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| Cargo Rank | #1 |
| GPS | 61.17900, -149.99256 |

## Description

Nearly 3.9 million tonnes of cargo and mail moved through Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (IATA: ANC, ICAO: PANC) in 2025 — enough to make it the busiest cargo airport in the United States and third in the world behind Hong Kong and Shanghai. The business case is pure geography: from Anchorage, aircraft reach about 90 percent of the industrialized world within 9.5 flight hours. Most transpacific freighters make a tech stop here, trading fuel for payload, and unique cargo transfer rights let foreign carriers swap freight between aircraft on the ground — a privilege few US airports offer. FedEx and UPS run major hub facilities, while Cargolux, Atlas Air, Cathay Cargo and Korean Air Cargo call regularly. Roughly 160 million dollars of cargo construction lands in 2026: a 42-million-dollar FedEx domestic sorting building, the 75-million-dollar Alaska Cargo & Cold Storage cold-chain complex, and NorthLink Aviation's facility with Cathay Pacific as anchor tenant are all due online by summer 2026. For Alaska itself, ANC is a lifeline: a state with hardly any roads depends on the Bypass Mail system and bush-community air freight. Passenger traffic of about five to six million a year is led by Alaska Airlines, and on the ground the Port of Alaska, the Alaska Railroad and Foreign Trade Zone 160 round out the freight system. One landmark sets the scene apart: Lake Hood, the world's largest seaplane base, sits right beside the cargo ramps.

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