Alaska Aviation Museum
Lake Hood / Lake Spenard - photo from DOT State of Alaska
Early aerial view of Lake Hood Seaplane Base,
By Don C. Knudsen FWS
Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage, Alaska. View is to the west. Lake Spenard is in the foreground, Lake Hood in the distance. The lakes are connected by the east / west waterlane to the south and the slow taxi canal to the north. June 27, 2012, By N727RH
Construction of hangar at Lake Hood, By Alaska Railroad Photographer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The first Air France Boeing 707 flight from Hamburg to Tokyo via Anchorage was March 10, 1960. The control tower is pre-earthquake on March 27, 1964.
The caption of the post card says: "Anchorage International Airport with Lake Hood seaplane facility in background. International has over 200 jet landings per month and Lake Hood has 25% of all seaplanes in United States"
Before 1964
1966 or later.
Lake Hood Gravel Strip - Z41
By N727RH
1956 Dehavilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 with a Pratt & Whitney R-985 engine
Current owner in Portland Oregon
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport > Sections > General Aviation
AOPA Airports: Lake Hood (PALH)
AlaskaDispatch.com - Lake Hood Seaplane Base: the center of Anchorage general aviation
Not to be confused with the Lake Hood that is situated 6 km from the town of Ashburton, mid Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand
| 1938 | The first dredged channel "Dinkle's Ditch" connects Lake Hood and Lake Spenard. |
| 1940 | The 10th Rescue Squadron operated out of Lake Hood. |
| 1948 | Congress approves $13 million dollars to build two "international type" airports in Anchorage and Fairbanks. |
| 1951 | Airfield operations start with an 8,400 foot east/west and a 5,000 foot north/south runway. |
| 1952 | Construction of the first terminal begins. |
| 1953 | Anchorage International Airport officially opens. |
| 1960 | The original 8,400 foot east/west runway is extended to 10,600 feet. |
| 1964 | North America's largest earthquake (magnitude 9.2) collapses the main control tower on March 27, 1964. The Lake Hood tower takes over unti a new Anchorage control tower can be built. |
| 1966 | The International Hexagon Terminal, called "the Hex' comes online. |
| 1969 | Got rid of the gravel strip on the south side of the lakes. |
| 1975 | Another channel is dredged between Lake Hood and Lake Spenard. Five tie-down channels (called "The Fingers") are constructed. |
| From | To | Miles | |
| Anchorage, AK | Barrow, AK | 723 | |
| Seattle, WA | 1,438 | ||
| Shemya, AK | 1,458 | Seattle is 20 miles closer than an in-state trip to Shemya |
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| Shemya to Tokyo | 3,462 | Flying from Anchorage to Tokyo, the first 42% of the trip is within Alaska |
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| TravelMath.com - Distance | |||
Pan American Clipper Over Alaska Glaciers Postcard
Airplane hangar at Lake Hood
By Albert M Day
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lake Hood Seaplane Base and Gravel Strip, Anchorage, Alaska. View is to the southwest. July 3, 2009, By N727RH
Lake Hood airplane base
By Albert M Day
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Original hangar facilities Lake Hood
By Albert M Day
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Early view of Lake Hood Anchorage, By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On the right side of the picture, you can see a road. To the right of the road is a gravel runway. Early 1940s?
