Anchorage Airport encounters new snowstorm, causing a large number of cargo planes to be diverted
News from Civil Aviation Resources Network on February 1, 2024: According to The Loadstar, the Anchorage Airport in the United States is currently experiencing another snowstorm, causing a large number of cargo planes to be rerouted and some cargo to be delayed.
According to local media reports, Anchorage is suffering from about 2.6 meters of snowfall. Winter snowfall is reaching 100 inches earlier than at any time in history, with more than 16 inches recorded last weekend alone.
According to the Anchorage Airport, more than 30 cargo flights were diverted on Sunday. The vast majority of planes go to Fairbanks, but others go to airports such as Narita (Tokyo), Portland, Seattle, Vancouver and Los Angeles. There are currently nine 747Fs and two 777Fs "stranded" in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) NOTAM has warned pilots that the airport prohibits landings of aircraft with a wingspan over 210 feet, primarily wide-body aircraft, and flights operated by FedEx, UPS and Amazon. except.
According to reports, Atlas Air and Cathay Pacific are the airlines most affected by the diversion.
Anchorage Airport (ANC) investor NorthLink Aviation CEO Sean Dolan said he hopes to be operational in the fourth quarter of this year. "When we can restart construction is obviously key to when we have operational capacity. The fact that we got the permit last year and started construction is obviously very helpful," Mr Dolan said.
In November 2023, the airport was also affected by bad weather, causing some flights to be diverted and delayed.
NorthLink Aviation has a 55-year lease on ANC's 120-acre South Park campus and is considering a development that "effectively meets the airport's need for new and better cargo infrastructure."
With sponsorship from New York-based infrastructure investment fund Tiger Infrastructure Partners, the company is building a cargo terminal that can house up to 15 747-8F aircraft.
Mr Dolan explained last year: "Our terminal will have excellent lighting, artificial intelligence camera technology, 400Hz ground power, ground service equipment facilities close to the apron, appropriate safe separation of aircraft and so on."