Ice Airport Alaska

An orphaned bear cub flies to a new home, bush pilots bring life-saving medical machinery to a remote village, record snowfall threatens to close down Anchorage Airport for Thanksgiving, and the US Army prepares for airborne warfare in the Arctic.

A breakdown on the Fairbanks runway threatens a heavy-weight military jet's urgent mission. A rookie flight instructor faces a make-or-break flight. An ice-tour pilot races against Alaskan weather, and a bush airline flies a 400-mile pizza delivery.

A major snowstorm disrupts Christmas travel in Anchorage, bush pilots aid an Arctic village after a fire, ice jeopardizes an airborne science mission, and Customs agents combat a surge in illegal holiday food imports.

A Coast Guard chopper pilot battles winds in a mission that will decide her flying career, a mountain construction project gets an express aerial delivery of materials in Alaska-style, and two bald eagles hitch a first-class ride with Alaska Airlines

A trainee chopper pilot tackles a mid-air engine shutdown. Bush pilots face a high-altitude test on an aerial grocery run. The US Army in Alaska launch their biggest helicopter deployment ever, and an Arctic-sports phenom flies high to win gold.

Scientists fly to save Anchorage from avalanche destruction. Border agents stop a potential insect invasion at Anchorage International. A bush pilot flies explosive cargo for a village festival, and the Coast Guard race to repair a rescue helicopter.

A DC-6  flies into fuel-freezing weather to deliver vital medicine. A rookie Coast Guard rescue swimmer faces his final helicopter test. An engine fault could ruin the flightseeing season, and a blizzard threatens to close two international airports.

Two pilots try to build a new 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's own Cape Canaveral.