Station:
Smithsonian Channel (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
2020-10-26
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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.
There is no Next Episode of Ice Airport Alaska planned.
S5E8 - Sunspot
Two pilots try and build a 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.
Air Date: 15 Dec 2024 20:00 (CDT)
S5E9 - 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.
Air Date: 22 Dec 2024 19:00 (CDT)
S5E10 - 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.
Air Date: 22 Dec 2024 20:00 (CDT)