About this season
A chronicle of the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) open, freight flowing, and passengers flying, all despite weather that regularly dips to -38 Fahrenheit and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.
Episodes (10)
1. Jumbo Crisis
Aired 12 October 2025 • 44 min
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.
2. Life Beyond Zero
Aired 12 October 2025 • 44 min
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.
3. My Foggy Valentine
Aired 19 October 2025 • 44 min
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.
4. Winter Heat
Aired 19 October 2025 • 44 min
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.
5. Attack of the Yeti
Aired 26 October 2025 • 44 min
Bush aviators push the limit of their plane to deliver a two-ton generator. In Fairbanks, slippery runways threaten The Internation Ice Carving Championship and a high-tech airframe inspection on a Boeing 737 undercovers a poten.
6. Moose vs Helicopter
10.0Aired 26 October 2025 • 44 min
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 Talkeetna, pilots fight ice to deliver supplies to a homesteader's cabin in a.
7. Thanksgiving Day Delay
Aired 2 November 2025 • 44 min
Pilots put the world’s first fly-by-wire helicopter to the test in Fairbanks.
8. Edge of Today
Aired 2 November 2025 • 44 min
A heavy hauling helicopter flies across the frozen Bering Sea to a tiny island just 2.4 miles from Russia.
9. Volcano Preppers
Aired 9 November 2025 • 44 min
Pilots fly supplies to farmers as seismic activity around Mount Spurr heats up.
10. Top of the World
Aired 9 November 2025 • 44 min
Climbers landing on a glacier follow in the footsteps of aviation pioneers