Ice Airport Alaska - Season 5 - Eps 9: Runway Meltdown
A pilot races to fly food to a homesteader. Entrepreneurs reviving a 1940's airframe land on ice to prove it can be the future of bush flying. Trainee plane mechanics face a crucial test, and an airport night guardian calls time on a 30-year career.
About Ice Airport Alaska
Title: Ice Airport Alaska
First Air Date: 2020-10-26
Last Air Date: 2024-12-22
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.8/10 (from 4 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 40
Network: Smithsonian Channel
Genres: Documentary, Reality
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
A chronicle of the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) open, freight flowing, and passengers flying, all despite weather that regularly dips to -38 Fahrenheit and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.
