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Flightseeing: Alaska Begins When You Leave the Ground

There is something humbling about drifting on the wind hundreds of miles from the nearest human settlement, soaring above the shifting patterns of nature while in the seat of a plane hardly bigger than a car. In Alaska, this may be a common experience, as one in every forty residents is equipped with an aircraft license, but even "common" experiences in Alaska can give grand perspectives.

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In a state one-fifth the size of the Lower 48 with less than 10,000 miles of road, flying is a way of life. Air taxis are to Alaska what yellow cabs are to New York and water taxis are to Venice. So much of Alaska is remote, that taking a flight tour, or flightseeing, provides a view of the state that is impossible to get while still on the ground. Anchorage, the nerve center of Alaska with its quarter-million residents, quickly disappears into a sea of wilderness just minutes after take off, and what at first seem like big mountains fast become gargantuan pyramids of rock and snow. The adage, "Fly an hour or walk a week" is never truer than when, minutes out of town, you soar above the massive buttresses of Mt. McKinley or glide over the iceberg-choked waters of Columbia Glacier.

Experience the natural history below you as you watch rivers run from valleys filled with melting glaciers, and fly over young birch and aspen forests which fade into ancient spruce bogs or endless rolling tundra. Beauty takes on a new scale in the air, as you travel not just to get from here to there, but to see every living thing in between. Civilization fades into distant memory as you float over jagged peaks that have never felt the press of a human footprint or spot a bear foraging in the wild.

Some small planes are equipped with floats to land on mountain lakes, remote rivers, or ocean bays. Others deploy skis to land on snowy glaciers. Most flights offer all window seats, pilot narration, and individual headsets. Operators offer set prices for seats on flightseeing trips to popular destinations. You can also charter by the hour for trips to remote wilderness destinations.


Our Favorite flightseeing tours of Mt, McKinly and Denali National Park
 
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Mt. McKinley Flightseeing From Anchorage, Alaska Mt. McKinley Flightseeing Tours from Anchorage
See Mt. McKinley and its glaciers up close and be back in 3 hours
3 hr $345 – $385 Year Round
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Mt. McKinley Flightseeing From Talkeetna, Alaska Mt. McKinley Flightseeing from Talkeetna
Closest town to McKinley, best chance for flying weather, glacier landings
1 – 2 hr $195 – $385 Year Round
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Denali Flightseeing Tour From Denali National Park Mt. McKinley Flightseeing from Denali National Park
See McKinley's 17,000-foot high North Face; spot caribou, bear, Dall sheep
1/2 – 2.5 hr $240 – $399 Varies
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Group 3 Aviation Helicopter Flightseeing From Anchorage Helicopter Flightseeing from Anchorage
This helicopter tour operator offers intimate flightseeing tours over a variety of dramatic terrains—all a short flight from Anchorage.
30 min - 1 hr $215 – $320 Year Round
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Arctic Flightseeing Tour From Fairbanks Arctic Flightseeing from Fairbanks
Experience the vast wilderness, fascinating cultures, and unique animals of the Arctic.
5 hr $329 – $469 Year Round
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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Flightseeing with Wrangell Mountain Air Image Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Flightseeing
Within its 13 million acres, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park boasts North America's largest assemblage of glaciers and its greatest collection of peaks above 16,000 feet.
35 min – 1.5 hr $100 – $230 Mid May – Sept
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Alaska Flightseeing Tour in Prince William Sound Prince William Sound Flightseeing Tours
Soar above winding fjords, inlets, tidewater glaciers, floating icebergs, and abundant marine life.
1.5 – 3 hr $215 – $675 Year Round
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Anchorage Flightseeing Tour Over Knik Glacier Knik Glacier Flightseeing
Fly over a glacial canyon, spot wildlife, touch down on a glacier-dammed lake.
1.5 – 2.25 hr $245 – $295 Year Round
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Seward Helicopter Tours Seward Flightseeing Tours
Besides its main dog sledding tour, Seward Helicopter Tours offer three other tours, which all involve flightseeing over glaciers, the coastline or the Harding Icefield.
30 min - 1.5 hrs $129 - $419 Mid May - Mid Sept
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Girdwood Glacier Flightseeing tour with Alpine Air Alaska Glacier Flightseeing from Girdwood
Get a taste for helicopter flightseeing on a 35-minute trip into the 20-Mile river valley and the heart of glacier country.
30 min – 3 hr $225 - $675 Year Round
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Girdwood Glacier Flightseeing tour with Alpine Air Alaska Kenai Peninsula Flightseeing
See glaciers, volcanoes, and wildlife in the Kenai Peninsula.
75 min $205 June - Mid Sept
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Girdwood Glacier Flightseeing tour with Alpine Air Alaska Juneau Flightseeing Tours
Take a helicopter flightseeing tour from Juneau and experience glaciers, ice fields, dog sledding, and more.
75 min $249 - $499 May - Sept
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