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Season 5 – Ice Airport Alaska

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A chronicle of the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the facility open, freight flowing and passengers flying all despite weather that regularly dips to -36 degrees and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.

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Ice Airport Alaska — Season 5

Ice Airport Alaska — Season 5

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Kerry Shale

Narrator

Alexander Gardiner

Executive Producer

Christian Broadhurst

Executive Producer

John Cavanagh

Executive Producer

David Royle

Executive Producer

John Bonny

Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 27, 2024 Flight of the Grizzly An orphaned bear cub flies to a new home, bush pilots bring life-saving medical machinery to a remote village, record snowfall threatens to close down Anchorage Airport for Thanksgiving, and the US Army prepares for airborne war. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 3, 2024 Mountain Sheep, Pizza Pie A breakdown on the Fairbanks runway threatens a heavy-weight military jet's urgent mission; a rookie flight instructor faces a make-or-break flight; an ice-tour pilot races against Alaskan weather; a bush airline flies a 400-mile pizza delivery. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 10, 2024 The Flight Before Christmas A major snowstorm disrupts Christmas travel in Anchorage; bush pilots aid an Arctic village after a fire; ice jeopardizes an airborne science mission; Customs agents combat a surge in illegal holiday food imports. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 17, 2024 Shivering Timbers A Coast Guard chopper pilot battles winds in a mission that will decide her flying career; a mountain construction project gets an express aerial delivery of materials in Alaska-style; two bald eagles hitch a first-class ride. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 24, 2024 Flight to Glory A trainee chopper pilot tackles a mid-air engine shutdown. Bush pilots face a high-altitude test on an aerial grocery run. The US Army in Alaska launch their biggest helicopter deployment ever, and an Arctic-sports phenom flies. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 1, 2024 Avalanche Warning Scientists fly to save Anchorage from avalanche destruction. Border agents stop a potential insect invasion at Anchorage International. A bush pilot flies explosive cargo for a village festival, and the Coast Guard race to repai. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 8, 2024 The Big Chill A DC-6  flies into fuel-freezing weather to deliver vital medicine. A rookie Coast Guard rescue swimmer faces his final helicopter test. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 15, 2024 Sunspot Two pilots try to build a new bush plane from 70-year-old designs. The Army gets its big guns airborne to protect America's north. Hurricane-force winds threaten Anchorage International, and NASA scientists blast off from Alaska. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 22, 2024 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. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 22, 2024 Flight of the Goose The Coast Guard flies a twelve-ton fuel truck to keep a remote base operational. An athlete flies to a dangerous airport for a glacier race. Fairbanks crews fight an avian invasion, and after a decade in a museum, a Grumman Goo. Details

Season Info

Executive Producer
Alexander Gardiner, Christian Broadhurst, John Cavanagh, David Royle
Network
SMTSN
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Oct 27, 2024