Airfare results show up first with the best match based on direct flights and time requested. All remaining flights are ordered from the lowest to highest price. If you're driving to Alaska from Canada or the Lower 48 or planning to drive within Alaska, you will find The Milepost, with its detailed information about the Alcan Highway and Alaska's road system, a useful aid in your planning. If you come by air From June to September, several major airlines offer nonstop flights to Anchorage from as far away as Minneapolis and Chicago. And those flights are usually full so it's important to make seat reservations to avoid being assigned to a middle seat.
Nonstops are available from fewer cities in the winter and the flights are less crowded.
Occasionally travelers miss a flight by a day, forgetting that a 1 a.m. Wednesday flight is departing Tuesday night.