The westernmost Aleutian Islands and St. Lawrence Island are on Hawaiian Aleutian Time. You can travel to Alaska at all times of the year by air, sea, highway, or any combination. Air travel is fast and frequent, leaving you more time for other vacation activities. Highway travel by car, camper, or scheduled motorcoach, can take from five to 10 days, but allows you to stop to view landscape up close. Travel by cruiseship or ferry is also leisurely and relaxing.
Many visitors combine all three travel modes.
If you can t wait to begin your Alaska adventure, you ll want to come by air. Nonstop jet flights are available year-round to Anchorage, Juneau, and Ketchikan, and, from Seattle and other cities in the Lower 48. Anchorage, Alaska s main air destination, is situated at an international air crossroads and is accessible from all points of the compass. Cities along Alaska s Inside Passage are connected through Seattle, while northern location are accessed through Anchorage and Fairbanks. Passengers flying the Polar Route between Europe and Far East, or the Great Circle Route between the East Coast and Far East, often can enjoy stopover privileges in Anchorage, disembarking to vacation in Alaska before continuing their journey.