Ice Airport Alaska
Appearance
Ice Airport Alaska | |
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Genre | Reality |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 30 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | John Bonny |
Production companies | Rare TV Smithsonian Networks |
Original release | |
Network | Smithsonian Channel |
Release | November 15, 2020 |
Ice Airport Alaska is a TV series on the Smithsonian Channel about Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. A 6 episode first season premiered on November 15, 2020. On December 12, 2021, a second season was announced with a premiere date of January 9, 2022.[1]
Premise
[edit]Ice Airport Alaska follows operations at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska one of the world's busiest cargo airports where staff work under harsh conditions with temperatures as low as -38 Celsius and winds over 100 mph.[2]
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 6 | November 15, 2020 | December 20, 2020 | |
2 | 6 | January 9, 2022 | February 6, 2022 | |
3 | 8 | January 8, 2023 | February 26, 2023 | |
4 | 10 | October 8, 2023 | December 17, 2023 |
Season 1 (2020)
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Winter is Coming" | November 15, 2020 | N/A |
2 | 2 | "Struck By Lightning" | November 22, 2020 | N/A |
3 | 3 | "Light Out" | November 29, 2020 | N/A |
4 | 4 | "Coronavirus Crisis" | December 6, 2020 | N/A |
5 | 5 | "Relentless Winter" | December 13, 2020 | N/A |
6 | 6 | "50 Years Storm" | December 20, 2020 | N/A |
Season 2 (2022)
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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7 | 1 | "Into the Storm" | January 9, 2022 | N/A |
8 | 2 | "Heavy Lifting" | January 16, 2022 | N/A |
9 | 3 | "Emergency Landing" | January 23, 2022 | N/A |
10 | 4 | "Whiskey and Water" | January 30, 2022 | N/A |
11 | 5 | "War Planes and Sled Dogs" | February 6, 2022 | N/A |
12 | 6 | "Mayday" | February 6, 2022 | N/A |
Season 3 (2023)
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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13 | 1 | "Holiday Whiteout" | January 8, 2023 | N/A |
14 | 2 | "Cold Welcome" | January 15, 2023 | N/A |
15 | 3 | "Pararescue" | January 22, 2023 | N/A |
16 | 4 | "Lifelines" | January 29, 2023 | N/A |
17 | 5 | "Engine Failure" | February 5, 2023 | N/A |
18 | 6 | "Arctic Airlift" | February 12, 2023 | N/A |
19 | 7 | "Snow Jammed" | February 19, 2023 | N/A |
20 | 8 | "Thin Ice" | February 26, 2023 | N/A |
Season 4 (2023)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title [3] | Original air date [3] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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21 | 1 | "Arctic Guardians" | October 8, 2023 | N/A |
22 | 2 | "Arctic Survival" | October 15, 2023 | N/A |
23 | 3 | "Crisis At Crooked Creek" | October 22, 2023 | N/A |
24 | 4 | "Snow Bomb" | October 29, 2023 | N/A |
25 | 5 | "Ice Warriors" | November 5, 2023 | N/A |
26 | 6 | "Wild Ice" | November 12, 2023 | N/A |
27 | 7 | "Snow, Sweat and Gears" | November 19, 2023 | N/A |
28 | 8 | "On Thin Ice" | December 3, 2023 | N/A |
29 | 9 | "Runway Mayday" | December 10, 2023 | N/A |
30 | 10 | "Thawed Out" | December 17, 2023 | N/A |
See also
[edit]- Flying Wild Alaska, a TV show documenting life in an Alaska bush airline
- Ice Pilots NWT, a TV show documenting life in an NWT bush airline
- Arctic Air, a dramatic fiction TV show about airline operations in the arctic
References
[edit]- ^ Umstead, R. Thomas (December 16, 2021). "Smithsonian Channel's 'Ice Airport Alaska' Takes Off With New Season in January". Multichannel News.
- ^ Alcinii, Daniele (February 4, 2020). ""Ice Airport Alaska" from Smithsonian Channel, Rare TV takes flight this fall". RealScreen. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ a b "Shows A-Z – Ice Airport Alaska on Smithsonian". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 16, 2023.