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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 U.S. Army prepares for airborne warfare in the Arctic. 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 midair 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 high to win gold. 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 races to repair. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 8, 2024 The Big Chill Shiver as a DC-6 crew delivers medicine in fuel-freezing weather, then cheer on a rookie Coast Guard rescue swimmer during a crucial test; battle a tourist-season-ending engine fault and hunker down as a blizzard closes in on two vital airports. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 15, 2024 Sunspot Inspect a new bush plane built from 70-year-old plans and take off on a US Army protection mission; batten down the hatches as hurricane-force winds pummel Anchorage, then observe as NASA scientists blast off from Alaska's answer to Cape Canaveral. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 22, 2024 Runway Meltdown A pilot races to fly food to a homesteader; entrepreneurs reviving a 1940s 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 Goose takes to the skies. Details

Season Info

Director
Richie Carr
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