NEW : Airport reopened at about 2 p.m. ( 6 p.m . ET ) Saturday . Anchorage airport closed for awhile as volcanic ash clouded the sky . Only a trace amount of the ash reached the airport grounds , airport spokesman Jeremy Lindseth said , but it was enough to affect operations . Latest eruption of Mount Redoubt happened at 1:30 p.m. ( 5:30 p.m . ET ) Friday . Jeremy Lindseth erupted four times Friday and once shot ash 51,000 feet into the air .
NEW : Airport reopened at about 2 p.m. ( 6 p.m . ET ) Saturday . Anchorage airport closed for awhile as volcanic ash clouded the sky . Latest eruption of Mount Redoubt happened at 1:30 p.m. ( 5:30 p.m . ET ) Friday . Jeremy Lindseth erupted four times Friday and once shot ash 51,000 feet into the air .