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Ice Airport Alaska

Season 5 Episode 1: Flight of the Grizzly

In the next episode, a young bear cub finds a new forever home after being orphaned, while bush pilots embark on a mission to deliver crucial medical equipment to a distant community. Meanwhile, Anchorage Airport faces a potentially devastating snowstorm that may disrupt Thanksgiving travel, and ...

Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 Flight of the Grizzly

1. Flight of the Grizzly

Aired: Oct 27, 2024

In the next episode, a young bear cub finds a new forever home after being or...

Episode 4 Shivering Timbers

4. Shivering Timbers

Aired: Nov 17, 2024

Next episode, a Coast Guard pilot faces a crucial test of her flying skills, ...

Episode 5 Flight to Glory

5. Flight to Glory

Aired: Nov 24, 2024

A trainee chopper pilot tackles a mid-air engine shutdown. Bush pilots face a...

Episode 6 Avalanche Warning

6. Avalanche Warning

Aired: Dec 1, 2024

Scientists fly to save Anchorage from avalanche destruction. Border agents st...

Episode 7 The Big Chill

7. The Big Chill

Aired: Dec 8, 2024

A DC-6  flies into fuel-freezing weather to deliver vital medicine. A rookie ...

Episode 8 Sunspot

8. Sunspot

Aired: Dec 15, 2024

Two pilots try to build a new bush plane from 70-year-old designs. The Army g...

Episode 9 Runway Meltdown

9. Runway Meltdown

Aired: Dec 22, 2024

A pilot races to fly food to a homesteader. Entrepreneurs reviving a 1940's a...

Episode 10 Flight of the Goose

10. Flight of the Goose

Aired: Dec 29, 2024

The Coast Guard flies a twelve-ton fuel truck to keep a remote base operation...

Info about Ice Airport Alaska

Seasons: 5

Current Status: Currently Airing

Network: Smithsonian Channel

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary