747 flights with the USA

Rich Ahrens wrote in
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Ted wrote:
Lets keep this simple...I DO NOT want to leave the USA...that is why
I ask for help in finding a flight that begins in the USA and ends in
the USA.

I'd look for flights between Asia and the midwest or east coast making
stops in Anchorage or Fairbanks, and book the leg between Alaska and
the lower 48. I presume you're not limiting yourself to US carriers
with whatever is restraining you from leaving the US? If not, look for
extensions of foreign flights from east or west coast points of entry
to internal destinations. E.g., Tokyo - San Francisco - Chicago. (Not
that I know whether that route is flown - just made it up as an
example.)

I live in Anchorage, and I don't believe that any passenger airlines fly
747's into here anymore. The opening of Russian airspace and aircraft with
longer range have made a stop in AK not necessary. The cargo planes still
come in, but AFAIK, the passenger 747's do not.

Jackal24 wrote:
I live in Anchorage, and I don't believe that any passenger airlines fly
747's into here anymore. The opening of Russian airspace and aircraft with
longer range have made a stop in AK not necessary. The cargo planes still
come in, but AFAIK, the passenger 747's do not.

A shame - it must make the planespotting so much less rewarding. I
remembered NW use to stop in Anchorage or Fairbanks heading west
sometimes in winter because of the winds, but I couldn't find any such
flights when I checked their schedules recently.