Captain reported erroneous GPWS alerts on approach.

Attributes
ACN	1742917
Time
Date	202005
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZAN.ARTCC
State Reference	AK
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	GPWS
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

ZZZ - ZZZ1; aircraft X coming at us from ZZZ1. Aircraft X held at 12;000 ft.; good weather; winds favored runway X. Decided to circle runway X. GPWS got excited about terrain and announcing pull up. We were clear of terrain.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Captain reported erroneous GPWS alerts on approach.

Narrative: ZZZ - ZZZ1; Aircraft X coming at us from ZZZ1. Aircraft X held at 12;000 ft.; good weather; winds favored Runway X. Decided to circle Runway X. GPWS got excited about terrain and announcing PULL UP. We were clear of terrain.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.