UH-60andC-180 wrote:I called airport operations prior to launching. He was driving by and reported three spots open. Followed Squash's procedures above to the letter. To get the rental back to the airplan you have to continue out from the terminal until you can make a left on postmaster.

Also, I had trouble with the gate. You have to transmit the 3 click rather quickly on 121.75

What a great thread of information. It really paid off in stress level having read

Brett

Squash wrote:Glad you will make the trip to lake hood to pick up your dad. Here are some additional tips.

After landing, you will want to taxi around the west side of the lake. This will require you to pass through a gate (121.75 I believe x 3 clicks - but just follow the directions on the sign) to enter the lakeshore taxiway. The taxiway is not controlled so once on the ground after landing you don't need to talk with ground. As I mentioned before, you will want to taxi to victor taxiway that leads to ANC international. Take a right onto Victor, cross the road for cars and then take a left into the GA parking and go to the far south end where transient is located. This is called Alpha parking.

From the alpha parking after secured, walk westward through the lot until you hit the guardrail that separates you from a curved road called Postmark Drive. Step over the guard rail and cross Postmark Drive toward a road that looks like it has a small cut through to the left to allow access to the main road entering the terminal. Once across Postmark Drive, don't take this left cut through to the main terminal entrance but instead continue straight on the smaller service road (Tower rd?) that parallels the main terminal road. This way you will have plenty of room for safe walking.

If you follow Tower Rd? It will bend slightly to the left as it heads toward the terminal. You could walk outside as the road bends further left and end up outside the baggage terminal. Or you could continue walking westward toward the enclosed walkway that joins the north and south terminals. Just walk to one of the doors and enter the walkway. Turn left and walk down the hall until you arrive inside the baggage area.

Take a look on google earth as this can be helpful to get your head around where the parking is in relation to the taxiways and the international airport. Good luck.

Barnstormer wrote:Wondering what all this looks like?

https://vimeo.com/170405420

Was great to meet jugheadF15. Hood and ANC controllers are very friendly, as are the pilots at Hood (two came over to try and help me locate transient parking when they spotted me going round and round-and they did).

AK_Logan wrote:I was flying out by the flats to day and decided to hop on to the LHD radio and just listen. Lots of chatter but controllers had to help a few people that were "unfamiliar"