* The International Civil Aviation Organization's code for Alaska Airlines

* 2000 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.

* 1971 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.

** Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88.

* September 4 – A Boeing 727 ( Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 ) crashes into the side of a mountain near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.

The island was formerly served by Alaska Airlines from Anchorage, Petropavlovsk and Magadan.

Alaska Airlines headquarters

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air are headquartered in the city.

* Alaska Airlines, IATA airline designator

Alaska Airlines is contracted by the mine to fly other mine workers out of Anchorage.

After he died in the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, his body was buried in Tanana.

Alaska Airlines, along with its regional subsidiary, Horizon Air, is the second largest carrier at the airport.

Alaska Airlines halted its San Jose – Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas seasonal routes, Horizon Air discontinued its twice daily San Jose-Tucson service.

However, Alaska Airlines announced afterward it would begin new routes to Austin from SJC, and would upgrade service to Portland, Oregon, which was run by regional subsidiary Horizon Air, to commercial jet service which began on September 2, 2009.

Alaska Airlines added service to Kahului, Kona, Lihue, and Los Cabos / San José del Cabo.

On the same day, Alaska Airlines announced that it would upgrade its service to Kahului and Kauai to daily flights ; currently, Alaska flies daily to Kahului, Kauai, Kona, and Honolulu.

The airport is a major hub for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, and serves as a maintenance facility for Horizon Air.

For example, following the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, the airline changed the flight number for subsequent flights following the same route to 295.

In the end the restriction was not lifted, but the FAA was permitted to add additional exemptions, which went not to AWA but to competitor Alaska Airlines.

The largest airlines at John Wayne Airport are Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Air Tran, and Alaska Airlines.

In sixteen states, the fiscal year ending of the cities ( June 30 ) is the same as that of the state: Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Hawaii ).

Legislation has already been proposed to authorize the sale of these Government-owned systems in Alaska, and its early enactment is desirable.

If your principal place of abode for the tax year is outside the United States ( including Alaska and Hawaii ), Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands and you have no legal residence or principal place of business in any Internal Revenue district in the United States, you should file your return with the Office of International Operations, Internal Revenue Service, Washington 25, D.C..

We divided the country into five regions plus Hawaii and Alaska and in each is included a general description of the area plus specific recommendations of places and events to cover.

`` Our church is sponsoring a group of very courageous women up in Alaska.

Alaska () is the largest state in the United States by area.

Alaska is the 4th least populous and the least densely populated of the 50 United States.

The name " Alaska " ( Аляска ) was already introduced in the Russian colonial period, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning " the mainland " or, more literally, " the object towards which the action of the sea is directed ".

In contrast, the largest North American community north of the circle, Sisimiut ( Greenland ), has approximately 5, 000 inhabitants, while between Canada and the USA, Barrow, Alaska is the largest settlement with circa 4, 000 inhabitants.

The land on the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States ( Alaska ), Canada, Denmark ( Greenland ), and Iceland ( where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey ).

The system is a dual purpose test and interception facility in Alaska, and in 2006 was operational with a few interceptor missiles.

The Alaska site provides more protection against North Korean missiles or launches from Russia or China, but is likely less effective against missiles launched from the Middle East.

The arctic fox has a circumpolar range, meaning that it is found throughout the entire Arctic, including the outer edges of Greenland, Russia, Canada, Alaska, and Svalbard, as well as in Subarctic and alpine areas, such as Iceland and mainland alpine Scandinavia.

Southeast Alaska, sometimes referred to as the Alaska Panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U. S. state of Alaska, which lies west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

Southeast Alaska is the northern terminus of the Inside Passage, a protected waterway of convoluted passages between islands and fjords, beginning in Puget Sound in Washington state.

In modern times it is an important route for Alaska Marine Highway ferries as well as cruise ships.

Southeast Alaska is a temperate rain forest within the Pacific temperate rain forest zone, as classified by the World Wildlife Fund's ecoregion system, which extends from northern California to Prince William Sound.

The border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and Alaska is known as the Alaska boundary dispute, where the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom and British Columbia claimed different borderlines at the Alaskan Panhandle.

Southeast Alaska is primarily served by the state-run Alaska Marine Highway and secondarily by the Prince of Wales Island-based Inter-Island Ferry Authority.

Basic long-line communications in Alaska are now provided through Federal facilities operated by the Army, Air Force, and Federal Aviation Agency.

* 1867 – Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.

* The regional economy of southeast Alaska: final report / prepared for Alaska Conservation Foundation ; prepared by Steve Colt, Darcy Dugan, Ginny Fay ( EcoSystems ).

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* Southeast Alaska energy export study: final report / prepared for The Southeast Conference ; by D. Hittle & Associates, Inc., in association with Commonwealth Associates, Inc.

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Most storms in the interior of Alaska originate in the Gulf of Alaska, south of the state, though these storms often have limited precipitation due to a rain shadow effect caused by the Alaska Range.

The interior of Alaska is largely underlined by discontinuous permafrost, which grades to continuous permafrost as the Arctic Circle is approached.

Most parts of Alaska that are off the road system can only be reached by small airplane.

Hundreds more Aleuts from the western chain and the Pribilofs were evacuated by the United States government during WW2 and placed in internment camps in southeast Alaska, where many died.

One Aleut leader recognized by the State of Alaska for her work in teaching and reviving Aleut basketry was Anfesia Shapsnikoff whose life and accomplishments are portrayed in " Moments Rightly Placed.

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( ANCSA ) was signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on December 23, 1971, the largest land claims settlement in United States history.