
A chronicle of the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the facility open, freight flowing and passengers flying all despite weather that regularly dips to -36 degrees and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.
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.
Valentine's Day delays loom when a squadron of F-22 makes an unexpected landing; high winds threaten a helicopter's 600-lb sling load; Aviators come to the rescue of a village without water.
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.
Bush aviators push the limit of their plane to deliver a two-ton generator; in Fairbanks, slippery runways threaten the International Ice Carving Championship and a high-tech airframe inspection on a Boeing 737 uncovers a potential issue.