Alaska Seaplanes, Island Air Express, Taquan Air, and Harris Aircraft Services offer scheduled daily flights and charter services in their regional operations. Once in the region, smaller planes connect the various towns, villages, and remote locations throughout the Inside Passage. Alaska Airlines has daily flights available year-round from either city, and Delta Airlines provides seasonal service from Seattle in the summer. Major air carriers serve Southeast Alaska from both Seattle and Anchorage. Headed out to a remote location for hunting, fishing, or just some quiet time in Southeast Alaska? Our communities can direct you to local options for water taxis, charter boats, and/or charter flights. Water Taxis, Charter Boats and Charter Flights Want to connect by water? Check out local ferry options like the Inter-Island Ferry Authority, which connects Prince of Wales Island with Ketchikan, the Alaska Fjordlines ferry, which connects Juneau with Haines, and the Haines-Skagway Fast Ferry. The Alaska Marine Highway ferry system is a great way to experience Alaska’s Inside Passage – however, visitors have lots of other options for getting to and around the many areas of the region.
Other Options for Getting To/Around Southeast Alaska Hands down, the ferry is the most relaxing, beautiful way to experience the Inside Passage. The ferry is the preferred method of transportation for anyone traveling through Southeast Alaska with a vehicle and can transport large vehicles such as motorhomes. AMHS Schedules Ferries are quite literally the highway into & out of many Alaska cities - including the state capital Juneau. The AMHS is a vital part of Alaska’s transportation system and a route so special, it has been designated a National Scenic Byway, and earned the title of an “All-American Road” by the Federal Highway Administration. The state-run ferry system connects coastal Alaska towns, not otherwise connected to the road system, to provide reliable, economical, year-round transportation service to 33 Alaska ports as well as Bellingham and Prince Rupert, BC. Written comments can be emailed to or faxed to (907) 586-8365 by April 5th.The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) is a 3,500-mile water “highway” from Bellingham, WA, through Alaska’s Inside Passage and on to Alaska’s Aleutian Chain. Comments from those in Southcentral and Southwest will follow at 1 p.m. The April 8th schedule teleconference will take Southeast testimony starting at 10 a.m. So the information you get online is up to the minute,” Falvey says. “Our system is so complex that book, in many cases … would be outdated before it was printed, because of changes. The finished schedule will only be posted online. Falvey says the printed brochures used for decades were expensive and sometimes wrong. The Kennicott and the Chenega will also be in for repairs next winter.Īll 11 marine highway vessels will also undergo overhauls. The Alaska Marine Highway (AMH) or the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) are a network of ferry lines connecting destinations along the southern coast of Alaska and going all the way down to Bellingham (Washington). The Aurora, the LeConte’s sister ship, will sail in its place. And in this next federal project this winter we’re going to completely replace that bow thruster and we hope that those problems will come to an end,” Falvey says. General Manager John Falvey says the thruster controls the side-to-side movement of the forward hull. It’s been breaking down and delaying sailings. The schedule lists some changes, many due to off-season layups and repairs.įor example, the small Southeast ferry LeConte will get a new bow thruster next winter. A teleconferenced public hearing will be on April 8th. In 2014, AMHS carried 319,000 passengers, 108,000 vehicles, and nearly 4,000 container vans.
(Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)Īlaska Marine Highway officials want your comments on next fall and winter’s ferry sailings.Ī draft schedule for October of 2014 through April of 2015 is now available online. Role of Alaska Marine Highway System For more than 50 years, AMHS has served a critical infrastructure need for Alaska residents, communities, industries, and public services. The winter 2014-2015 schedule shows both tied up for repairs or overhauls. The ferry Malaspina follows the LeConte out of Auke Bay in September of 2012.
0 kommentar(er)
