Ice Airport Alaska
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202060 minRunning

Ice Airport Alaska

Network:Smithsonian Channel

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Aired on Nov 10, 2025, 2:00 AM

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Description

Ice Airport Alaska will chronicle 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 -38 Fahrenheit and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph. A new six part series on Smithsonian Channel.

Details

Status
Running
Language
English
Runtime
60 min
Premiered
October 26, 2020
Schedule
Sunday at 9:00 PM

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Episodes (6 Seasons · 50 Episodes)

Jumbo Crisis

A damaged plane plunges Anchorage Airport into an emergency. A leak on a Coast Guard helicopter jeopardizes emergency cover. Rain turns the Fairbanks runways into ice rinks, and a dog-sled racing prodigy flies with furry teammates.

Oct 12, 2025

60 min

Life Beyond Zero

A father and son team of bush aviators flies a NASA expedition into the wilderness. A rookie airline pilot attempts a landing on a remote island. A seaplane mechanic starts a helicopter repair business, and customs agents.

Oct 12, 2025

60 min

My Foggy Valentine

Valentine's day delays loom when a squadron of F22 makes an unexpected landing; high winds threaten a helicopter's 600lb sling load; Aviators come to the rescue of a village without water.

Oct 19, 2025

60 min

Winter Heat

Customs agents intercept a grenade launcher smuggled into the U.S.; a blizzard threatens to cut off a remote island airport; warm winter weather turns a village runway to mud.

Oct 19, 2025

60 min

Attack of the Yeti

Bush aviators push the limit of their plane to deliver a two-ton generator. In Fairbanks, slippery runways threaten The International Ice Carving Championship and a high-tech airframe inspection on a Boeing 737 uncovers a potential issue.

Oct 26, 2025

60 min

Moose vs Helicopter

The first fly-by-wire helicopter is put through its paces, as test pilots harness freezing temperatures. In Anchorage, a jet is lifted for repairs, In Telkeetna, pilots fight ice to deliver supplies to a homesteader's cabin in a remote area.

Oct 26, 2025

60 min

Thanksgiving Day Delay

A wolverine overcomes first-time flyer's nerves to travel to a new home. A helicopter pilot hunts for a showstopping ice cave. An 80-year-old cargo plane flies into the Arctic, and a wall of arctic fog threatens the airport with a shutdown.

Nov 2, 2025

60 min

Edge of Today

A heavy hauling helicopter flies across the frozen Bering Sea to the tiny island of Little Diomede, just 2.4 miles from Russia. At Fort Wainwright the Arctic Angels prepare for a medevac mission and a veteran bush pilot tests his flying skills

Nov 2, 2025

60 min

Volcano Preppers

Nov 9, 2025

60 min

Top of the World

Nov 9, 2025

60 min

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