How Alaska became, briefly, the US’s busiest airport
Flights into and out of the 520 US airports with air-traffic towers fell 54.5% in April, but Anchorage has become the ideal spot to for cargo and to refuel
23 May 2020 - 08:35
Washington — As runways around the world have fallen nearly silent in recent months due to the pandemic, one US airport stood out: Anchorage, Alaska.
Sitting about halfway between Asia’s industrial centres and North America, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport has been booming with cargo shipments, including loads of masks and other medical equipment, aboard planes stopping to refuel...
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