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@railworksamerica

11 ай бұрын

No

General Billy Mitchell stated to the U.S. Congress in 1935, "I believe that in the future, whoever holds Alaska will hold the world. I think it is the most important strategic place in the world."

Oh I laughed out loud so hard when I heard -10c is extreme! I’m sure it’s cold to some, but extreme? And a ‘quite small population’ of only 290,000!!! ahhh those two things made my day!

@ChadwickTheChad

10 ай бұрын

I also wear shorts in -500 degree weather!

@BrokenBoyx

4 ай бұрын

everything is relative.

Back in the 70’s, the World Airways DC8-62 I was on had a fueling stop in Anchorage. That old stretch DC8 used the whole runway to get off the ground in the dead of winter and then lumbered slowly into the sky. For the longest time it seemed we were well below the massive Mt McKinley off the starboard wing as we headed to Seoul.

@UnitedStatesOfCoffee

11 ай бұрын

Something about old, slow-climbing birds is beautiful

@alanmiller9681

11 ай бұрын

@@UnitedStatesOfCoffee Yes. As long as they finally get off the ground. I wasn’t so sure in this case. As you might know because of its design there was no stretch version of the 707, only the DC8. Only can guess that the engines were the same as on the original version, just carrying more weight.

@jirehla-ab1671

11 ай бұрын

​@@UnitedStatesOfCoffeeanchorage is like the DXB hub of cargo flights in America.

One of my favorite parts of living in Anchorage is the planes. Not only the tons of traffic in and out of ANC, but Merrill Field, too. It's Anchorage's General Aviation airport, and has something like 600 operations a day. And then there's Lake Hood, which is the country's (and apparently the world's, sez wikipedia) busiest seaplane base, with ~190 operations a day. As others have pointed out, ANC was massively expanded for commercial flights because during the Cold War, American planes couldn't fly over the USSR or China. Fortunately for the world -- but unfortunately for us :-) -- the Cold War ended, so planes didn't need to stop here to refuel on their way to Asia or Europe. And I suppose one day, with changes in aviation tech, our unique position as an air cargo hub will cease, too. I'll still be here, soaking it all in, playing my songs to the other wayward souls who have found their true home, too.

@YourEmbraer120

11 ай бұрын

You can find like 747s there

@alanmiller9681

11 ай бұрын

Because I’m old, I’ll always like seeing the DC3s up there.

@sidv4615

11 ай бұрын

@@alanmiller9681they still have dakotas over there?

@alanmiller9681

11 ай бұрын

@@sidv4615 Canadian? Eh?

@edyann

11 ай бұрын

I truly, truly envy you. I live in Baja California, Mexico and that is the only American state I'd love to visit. Hopefully one day I'll drive up there. It's so mysterious, so close to Russia with your long winters and summers. Oh, you're so lucky!

Minus 10 Celsius is certainly NOT extreme. At that temperature you'd cross-country ski without gloves.

@Broadvay

11 ай бұрын

But think about the airport, runways would need continuous snow removal, runway friction would also need to be continuously measured removing snow from signs and lights, it's a challenging task.

@epic_flightsimmer6340

11 ай бұрын

@@Broadvay -10 is too cold for precipitation tho, although not uncommon, and someone that lives in Maine, -10 Celsius in winter is perfectly fine to wear just a hoodie and joggers outside, unless it’s snowing which at Tht temperature it doesn’t often. Snowfall occurs mostly in -5 to 2 degrees Celsius

@stevenspmd

11 ай бұрын

Someone definitely messed that up; even -10f is only about -23c

@Kaitydid74

11 ай бұрын

Being from New Hampshire, you are exaggerating, I have worked in these temperatures for decades, it is indeed very cold. Now one is out in just a hoodie and joggers without significant layers on underneath. Skin exposed at this temperature is begging for frost bite as well.

@kaffir76

11 ай бұрын

Err what!? 😮😮

There was a time when your plane from New York to Asia had to do a refueling stop at Anchorage (or Honolulu). In fact, after I made my first trip to Southeast Asia (in the early 1980s) my friends who had gone that way before asked me, "How was Anchorage?" I didn't tell them where the plane would stop on the way, but they knew...

@tiadaid

11 ай бұрын

Indeed. I thought Anchorage would return as a transit stop for flights from Europe to East Asia, once Russia closes its airspace to Western airlines - but the range of the new jets makes it unnecessary even on Trans Polar flights.

As a 30 year resident of Anchorage I can tell you it’s non stop airplane noise everywhere in Anchorage if not a 747 it’s a fighter jet at Elemendorf AFB or a prop plane from Merrill Field or a float plane from (Jeter Lake) Lake Spenard.

"A" for effort and participation. "C-" for accuracy. Explaining the importance of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport without mentioning the Cold War, the flight restrictions and need to refuel is missing over half of the story. You mention how the local community is trying to keep the airport relevant in the future, but you don't mention how it had become much less useful when passenger aircraft no longer needed to make a technical stop. And referring to -10°F has cold is comical. I've experienced many days below -25°F the lower 48. There are a lot of people who work in food warehouses and even refrigerated trailers that are kept at -10°F. A lot of work went into this video. You definitely earned the participation trophy.

@m1co294

4 ай бұрын

Cargo airlines likely don't care about anything other than those flight restrictions and need to refuel, the original question was why cargo airliners love going to Anchorage, nothing more

In the old days, 70’s and 80’s, most international passenger lines from east coast USA to Asia stopped at ANC.

@michaelreid8857

11 ай бұрын

I made a stop in ANK en route from YYZ to HKG in 2000. On CX. Seems the winds were blowing against us. We were able to get off the plane, but had to stay in an Immigration quarantined area. Only the crew left and was replaced.

-10 degree C is a normal winter day in ANC. during summer, there are also many pax operations among the US and some Euro carriers. and the city is filled with tourists.

Carrying cargo is profitable, carrying fuel is not. And cargo never complains for a fuel stop.

@AlonsoRules

11 ай бұрын

10 hours of fuel with more cargo or 14 hours of fuel with less cargo makes easy sense for airlines

Just a note: A "direct" flight, say Tokyo to San Francisco, can stop in Anchorage and still be a direct flight. A flight from Tokyo to San Francisco that doesn't stop on the way is a "non-stop," not a "direct." (Technically, a direct flight is one that retains the same flight number from point to point, regardless of how many stops it makes on the way). Pedantic, I suppose, but it's important to know the difference if you are booking a flight for yourself! Cargo, it doesn't care so much 😉

" frighters" I think is Freighters ?

Gotta love all those “Fry-ters” that fly in and out of ANC.

A lot of useful info here ,thank you !

I love the effort in this video!

What is a frighter? Also, try -40°c/f for a low isn't unheard of.

Excellent video and very well narrated as well.

Great video. I don’t know what I’ll do with this information, but I’ll remember it forever.

Very well made video! Only 4.78K subs? You deserve more!

@Broadvay

11 ай бұрын

Thank you

This video was very well done. ANC will continue to be a major cargo hub well into the future.

@planetarysolidarity

10 ай бұрын

And, if Northern Pacific Airways is successful, it will be a passenger hub, too! The concept already works in Iceland which holds a comparable position for the Atlantic.

Thank you so much for this. I had never thought of cargo airliners stopping to load more cargo in Anchorage due to the aircraft being lighter as a result of using up fuel up to Anchorage. Why fly non-stop with a lighter plane when you can add more cargo to a lighter plane by stopping at Anchorage? Smart!

Thanks good economy explanation.

Good video!

I remember landing at Anchorage for a fishing trip with my dad and grandpa. it was so cool seeing the majestic ups 747s sitting there. I had never seen one up until that point

@Broadvay

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, anchorage is the airport if you like 747's

A 8.5-minute video that can be condensed into one word: location.

first time i flew to asia from Europe, 1986 , we had a refueling stop in Anchorage before heading to Japan

You forgot to mention that Amazon is retrofitting a building for a sorting center. In fact it's probably open by now.

As someone who has planes from anchorage fly over me, I can confirm this helps me understand more

Hearing the word Freighter pronounced as FRIGHTER multiple times almost ruined the whole video for me

@shrimpflea

11 ай бұрын

That was ridiculous. I was starting to think it wasn't a real person. Also it get much colder there than -10c

@Cynsham

11 ай бұрын

​@@shrimpflea Yeah i hate grammar nazis but that was pretty egregious pronunciation

a very deep cut in fuel pricing would help. free lodging with perks for crew layovers. maybe a any airline repair facility? landing fee reductions? but some of this would cut into the states take.

They think telling us Celsius we will think. It’s colder then It really is.

I think you must be someone not from Aviation industry cause people's in aviation dont usually say "seven seven seven rather triple seven". But literally I'm impressed about your work.

@jocelynharris-fx8ho

11 ай бұрын

And unless I misunderstood, she said "fryter" instead of "frayter when mentioning wide bodied FREIGHTER aircraft. I know I 'm being nit picky, but my mother was a teacher and she taught me the importance of proper pronunciation. If this had been a class presentation, the teacher would have given her a poor grade. Videos like these, should be narrated by people who know what they're talking about.

@coasteyscoasteys4150

11 ай бұрын

Hulk I think world safety standard and clearest way is to say each digit for any critical comms

@rockyshore7017

11 ай бұрын

@@jocelynharris-fx8ho I noticed that too.... quite odd. Never heard that word mispronounced before.

@michaelwallin4179

11 ай бұрын

@@jocelynharris-fx8hoagreed. Didn’t know somebody could mispronounce that word.

@davidconner-shover51

10 ай бұрын

@@jocelynharris-fx8ho I first heard that, I thought "Fighters??!" WTH?

10 degrees isn’t even extreme. It gets down to -40 in Alberta.

The extreme weather of Anchorage Alaska sound pretty good to me, I had -40(C/F) this winter. The planes stopped taking off after -35C because the deicing fluid only works to that temp

“…since 80% of cargo planes have a stop in Anchorage, it means that 80% of the products that are coming from China have also been to Anchorage as well…”. That’s misleading because the vast majority of imported products are coming via cargo ship, not airplane.

@nlpnt

6 ай бұрын

A lot of the stuff that's ordered or shipped direct from China comes by air. If it's in-stock anywhere in the US, whether it's an online seller's warehouse or a brick-and-mortar store, it likely came by ship.

@m1co294

4 ай бұрын

If someone selects economy shipping, then yes it goes via cargo ship, but I'd take a guess most people don't select that option.

Thank you very much for this very informative Video!🙂👍 All the best to Anchorage!

@Broadvay

11 ай бұрын

Glad you like it

"You see" Lady Sam from Wendover?

Triple 7 looks great in Fed Ex purple. !!🥰

Amazing explanation new Sub here

@Broadvay

11 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome

My old lady changed her bloody pull-up during a layover in Anchorage last year.

4:39 What is a wide body fighter aircraft

I remember Philippine Airlines stopping at Anchorage in the past

When I was a youngster we would occasionally make a pitstop in Alaska on our way to and from NE Asia. I am guessing this is before aircraft became so fuel efficient. 🤔

@Broadvay

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, planes back in the day used to stop here to refuel, the airport would see planes from both Asia and Europe and was pretty busy at that time but when the refuel was no longer needed, planes started flying direct.

@schalitz1

Жыл бұрын

It was actually because the Soviet Union didn't allow any NATO/ NATO aligned aircraft to fly over their airspace, so flights to Asia had to fly West from Europe rather than East. That is one of the reasons Finnair became so famous for their Asian routes, because since Finland was neutral during the Cold War the Soviets allowed their aircraft to flyover.

@fjp3305

11 ай бұрын

Yes, and pax wouldn't take a flight that makes a stop there. Cargo won't care.

@Inkling777

11 ай бұрын

The distinction is between cargo and passengers. Cargo doesn't care if it has a layover in Anchorage, but passengers do. Many are willing to pay more to cover the added fuel costs in what is already a miserably long flight.

I would like to visit Anchorage

It’s Location, weather & low labor costs. ❤❤

@Broadvay

11 ай бұрын

Denver is surely a pretty cool city, I like it too❤️

Frantically googling “Celsius to Fahrenheit” in order to confirm that -10°C is, in fact, not extreme.

Question is: what are the landing fees at Anchorage for a 747 cargo?

@AlonsoRules

11 ай бұрын

LAX - $8.20 per 1,000 pounds of MGLW ANC - $1.87 per 1,000 pounds CMGTW looks cheap to me

Yup, that's where I work.

-10 degrees Celsius is something you consider "harsh winter"? Come on! What about -30 degrees Celsius or below that?

Not a bad video. The snow removal clip in the beginning isn’t ANC. They don’t have a runway 2L-20R. Also Ops doesn’t run the snow removal program.

As a canadian -10°c is a joke to call this extreme weather

@mattg7372

11 ай бұрын

Yes, same for me ; I’m in Minnesota. -40 is where F & C scales meet

@ChadwickTheChad

10 ай бұрын

Anytime there's a video about extreme weather, there's always at least one canadian with the "I wear shorts in -500c weather!" bullsht.

Simple answer: it’s the center of the world and it’s a great refueling stop for long haul cargo transporters when they are heavy! That’s your answer!

I'm surprised, based on it's location, it's not busier for commercial

Good video but it gets much colder there than -10c. You should also learn how to correctly pronounce the word Freighter.

A salute to Ted Stevens 'Series of Tubes' International Airport! [ we poke fun at that, but we people who run the Internet tend to call them hoses or pipes, so he wasn't far off. ]

Anyobe notice the Wiliams f1 team cargo?

Taking multiple shorter legs is ALWAYS more fuel efficient than fly direct (fuel cost per distance per weight), so plane will never stop coming

Ted stevens anchorage international airport is filled with boeing 747 but they do have alska airlines that go there

Did anyone else notice DHL transporting Formulan 1 Car to the Canada grand prix

big fuck up around 5:51 those 747 are heading to DHL's ramp not Amazons at CVG, amazon does not use 747 but exclusively 767 and 737 like pictured.

Also , no major commercial(passenger) service, so , no worries about passengers causing trouble for the most part....

Inside look at the Anchorage Grand Prix at 4:47

In short, it just comes down to the fact a heavily-loaded 747 Freighter or a 777F needs to stop in Anchorage to refuel on the flight between eastern ASia and the USA.

Just FYI, the 777 is usually pronounced "triple seven".

Now if only Amazon Prime would do 2 day shipping instead of 3-5 business days. way back in the day when amazon was still new it was a true 2 days but as time went on they pushed it further and further back offering same day delivery for people in the states and pushing Alaska prime to 3-5 days even though the shipping hub for amazon from Asia is anchorage

How do you pronounce 'freighter'?

The name of the city says that you stop there.

-10C isn't ideal temperature, but I won't call it extreme by any stretch. But, if it's accompanied with strong winds and storms, then sure.

I wish I could live in Alaska though not in Anchorage

"Amazon b747" and they show an Amazon 737 cargo plane. Amazon has no 747 in their fleet.

I love how 4 to 8 planes pass near my house everyday from Anchorage, it's amazing to see the long route they take from Alaska to Mexico City

also people forget that fuel costs fuel to carry. fly to anchorage and you carry less fuel.

2:15 this NOT Anchorage, it’s Cologne-Bonn Airport (CGN) in Germany…

The Hong Kong airport has the Biggest Cargo in the world.

If there was a problem at ANC, where could those 747s divert to?

@Broadvay

11 ай бұрын

probably to other smaller airports in Alaska or to Vancouver if they have sufficient fuel.

@felixli5279

11 ай бұрын

FAI(Fairbanks) is less than 230nm away fm ANC and it's rwy length is 3,500m+ which is more than sufficient for a fully loaded 747F to use. And in extreme emergencies, civilian freighters can divert to 2 huge USAF bases, Eielson and Elmendorf, less than an hour away fm ANC.

Fray-ter not fry-ter lol

The only American state I'd love to visit.

@franciscody9622

11 ай бұрын

No homeless?

@edyann

11 ай бұрын

@@franciscody9622 I don't know. I'm not American but I would love to visit it.

@ChadwickTheChad

10 ай бұрын

No, there are other nations closer to you.

I can confirm that all Apple products I own have gone through Anchorage.

i like Anchorage but its too far from my country and costly to go there.

Since Ted stevens is a cargo hub, The Queen of the skies (747) still dominates the airspace over Anchorage. It's a rare sight elsewhere though. Also a good chunk of the Continental US sees winters much colder than -10 C. That's your typical winter night in Boston or Chicago, which while cold is certainly not unusually frigid. Anchorage probably gets down to -30 C on a typical winter night.

Video summary: Pitstop

Location, location, location.

3:30 is it garuda indonesia?

@pugsandcoffeeplease

11 ай бұрын

It looks like it!

'frighter'?

Wait did this woman say -10C? This is not extreme at all. It’s 14F which is not that bad at all.

-10C is hardly extreme.

"Frighters"?

Refueling and stopping over for All Aircraft and Emergency locations if anything happened on the Aircraft can easily divert their journey cause Hawaii is too far North west although is cold area. And benefits people living center of commerce. And access to other Airport in world that's why America purchased to the Russia 🇷🇺 of potential.

Anchorage is used as a refueling hub, cargo and passenger planes load less fuel and more cargo or people and make a pit stop on the way gotta make more money !!! !

-10 Celsius 🤦‍♀️ 🤷‍♀️ This ain’t EXTREME weather🤷‍♀️ Chicago got -21 just few weeks ago😒

@A_youtube_channel_

2 ай бұрын

Right? I live in chicago and we get below zero in the farenhights like every winter

As a person who actually has flown into PANC/ANC as a pilot for AA, i don't understand why you're spending a ton of time to make the 8 minute video when it could be summarized in a minute. also kind of depressing that you said -10c, which is much higher than it usually is in winter (from experience)

But why?? Use the ships. Why the heck are we using the most expensive shipping method?

@m1co294

4 ай бұрын

Ships take months to go anywhere

=AND WHAT'S ABOUT ROLE THAT ANCHORAGE SERVED AT COLD WAR,THOUGH????LIKE EVERYTHING HUB ......BUT......I GUESS...........DUBAI IS THERE SO FLIGHTS BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA ARE GOING THROUGH HERE NOW

In faaaaact.....

@Broadvay

11 ай бұрын

Lol😂😂

This video could have been said in one or two sentences

Frighters?

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I just shit my pants.

@frankgrimesification

11 ай бұрын

Groovy! Got pics?