Maximum 18 hrs. Elderly users and those with disabilities ride free. The Alaska Marine Highway ferry system offers auto and passenger connections. From the north, board in Skagway or Haines. From the south, board from Bellingham or Prince Rupert.
Ferry service is available year round, with increased frequency in the summer.
Reservations are recommended. The main commercial air carrier serving the city is Alaska Airlines. During summer months, air service increases to more than 15 flights per day from Alaska Airlines' gateway cities to Alaska's capital city. In 2000, some 640,000 people arrived in Juneau on one of the 543 cruise ship dockings downtown, a 6.7 percent change over the previous year of close to 600,000. Of the estimated 100,000 independent visitors who came to town in 2000, about 75 percent arrived via plane and about 25 percent traveled on the ferry.