{"id":123049,"date":"2022-03-10T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=123049"},"modified":"2022-03-11T00:53:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T00:53:50","slug":"anchorage-airport-is-rated-best-located","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/03\/anchorage-airport-is-rated-best-located.html","title":{"rendered":"Anchorage airport (Alaska) is rated best located in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Against the snow-frosted backdrop of Alaska&#8217;s Chugach Mountains, serving a city of just 300,000 people, sits what might just be the best-located airport in the world today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While a look at a standard 2-D map of Earth might tell you Alaska is a far-flung outpost, spin the globe in your head and you&#8217;ll see that the US state is, quite literally, on the top of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/02\/londons-gatwick-airport-will-reopen-south-terminal-in-march.html\">London\u2019s Gatwick airport will reopen south terminal in March.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is an unassuming cargo hub, equidistant between New York and Tokyo and, as its website declares, just 9.5 hours flying time from 90% of the industrialized world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that more than 30 countries have banned Russia from their airspaces, with Russia responding in kind &#8212; and Ukraine and Belarus airspace also closed &#8212; Anchorage could prove strategically important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You could almost say it&#8217;s what this airport was built for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read full story, log on to <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/anchorage-airport-cold-war-covid\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-32edaf8d     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"517\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/singapore-airlines-to-return-to-madrid-and-increase-european-frequencies.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Singapore-Airlines-A350.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Singapore-Airlines-A350.png 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Singapore-Airlines-A350-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Singapore-Airlines-A350-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Singapore-Airlines-A350-380x190.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/singapore-airlines-to-return-to-madrid-and-increase-european-frequencies.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Singapore Airlines to Return to Madrid and Increase European Frequencies<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/singapore-airlines-to-return-to-madrid-and-increase-european-frequencies.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/lot-polish-airlines-lands-in-san-francisco-a-new-strategic-connection-between-poland-and-west-coast.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LOT-Vuelos-a-San-Francisco.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LOT-Vuelos-a-San-Francisco.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LOT-Vuelos-a-San-Francisco-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LOT-Vuelos-a-San-Francisco-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LOT-Vuelos-a-San-Francisco-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/lot-polish-airlines-lands-in-san-francisco-a-new-strategic-connection-between-poland-and-west-coast.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">LOT Polish Airlines Lands in San Francisco: A New Strategic Connection Between Poland and West Coast<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/lot-polish-airlines-lands-in-san-francisco-a-new-strategic-connection-between-poland-and-west-coast.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/lufthansa-debuts-fox-across-all-cabins-a-new-service-concept-for-long-haul-flights.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lufthansa-FOX.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lufthansa-FOX.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lufthansa-FOX-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lufthansa-FOX-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lufthansa-FOX-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/lufthansa-debuts-fox-across-all-cabins-a-new-service-concept-for-long-haul-flights.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Lufthansa Debuts &#8220;FOX&#8221; Across All Cabins: A New Service Concept for Long-Haul Flights<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/lufthansa-debuts-fox-across-all-cabins-a-new-service-concept-for-long-haul-flights.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/ita-airways-launches-direct-flights-between-rome-and-houston.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ITA-Airways-Vuelo-a-Houston.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ITA-Airways-Vuelo-a-Houston.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ITA-Airways-Vuelo-a-Houston-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ITA-Airways-Vuelo-a-Houston-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ITA-Airways-Vuelo-a-Houston-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/ita-airways-launches-direct-flights-between-rome-and-houston.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">ITA Airways Launches Direct Flights Between Rome and Houston<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/05\/ita-airways-launches-direct-flights-between-rome-and-houston.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Against the snow-frosted backdrop of Alaska&#8217;s Chugach Mountains, serving a city of just 300,000 people, sits what might&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4316,"featured_media":123014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[195,221],"class_list":{"0":"post-123049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airports","8":"tag-airport","9":"tag-usa"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage.jpg",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage-768x384.jpg",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage.jpg",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage.jpg",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage.jpg",800,400,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage.jpg",80,40,false],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage.jpg",300,150,false],"csco-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage-380x220.jpg",380,220,true],"csco-thumbnail-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage-300x180.jpg",300,180,true],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage-380x190.jpg",380,190,true],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-medium-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage-560x336.jpg",560,336,true],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aeropuerto-de-Anchorage.jpg",800,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Redacci\u00f3n - Aviaci\u00f3n al D\u00eda","author_link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/author\/aad"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Against the snow-frosted backdrop of Alaska&#8217;s Chugach Mountains, serving a city of just 300,000 people, sits what might&hellip;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123051,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123049\/revisions\/123051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}