Trip planning

Flight time to Anchorage

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Some airlines have a few direct flights to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, but many cross-country trips have at least one layover in hub airports such as Seattle, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Cincinnati or Dallas.

Here are the approximate number of hours a trip will take from these U.S. cities to Anchorage.

Starting point	Travel time
Atlanta	9:30*
Dallas	8:30*
Detroit	8:45
Honolulu	5:20
Los Angeles	5:30
Miami	10:30*
Minneapolis	5:30
New York City	9:30*
Phoenix	6:42*
Salt Lake City	4:30
San Francisco	5:30*
Seattle	3:30

*Includes an intermediate stop. Also, if the flight lands first in Fairbanks instead of in Anchorage, add 30 minutes to the travel time.

Here are times from Seattle to other Alaska cities:

Route	Travel time
Seattle to Ketchikan	1:55
Seattle to Juneau	2:30
Seattle to Sitka	3:30*

*Includes an intermediate stop.

Inside Alaska

Here are approximate intrastate flight times.

Route	Travel time
Anchorage to Barrow	2:50*
Anchorage to Bethel	1:15
Anchorage to Cordova	:50
Anchorage to Dillingham	1:30
Anchorage to Fairbanks	:55
Anchorage to Gustavus/Glacier Bay	1:35
Anchorage to Homer	:50
Anchorage to Iliamna	1:00
Anchorage to Kenai	:25
Anchorage to Juneau	1:35
Anchorage to Ketchikan	3:00*
Anchorage to King Salmon	1:20
Anchorage to Kodiak	:55
Anchorage to Kotzebue	1:30
Anchorage to McGrath	1:00
Anchorage to Nome	1:30
Anchorage to St. George	4:00
Anchorage to Unalaska/Dutch Harbor	2:10
Anchorage to Valdez	:40
Fairbanks to Barrow	1:30
Juneau to Gustavus/Glacier Bay	:30
Juneau to Ketchikan	:50
Juneau to Sitka	:40
Ketchikan to Sitka	:55

Sources: Alaska Airlines, Pen Air, Era Aviation, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, Hawaiian Vacations.

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