Ketchikan Flightseeing Tours

The Misty Fjords fleet is extreme­ly well-main­tained and boasts com­fort­able seats and panoram­ic view win­dows. Depend­ing on the num­ber of peo­ple in your flight­see­ing group, you’ll fly in the De Hav­il­land Otter (seats 10, the ​“cut­ting edge” in sea­planes), the De Hav­il­land Beaver (seats 6, com­fort­able and reli­able ​“work­horse”), or a Cess­na 135 (seats 2 – 3, the ​“sports car” of seaplanes).

Island Wings Air Ser­vice takes pas­sen­gers flight­see­ing, bear view­ing, on guid­ed hikes, self-guid­ed hikes, to for­est ser­vice cab­ins, fly-out fish­ing trips and more.

Hop in and be sure your cam­era has ful­ly charged bat­ter­ies. Jeff’s DeHav­i­land Beaver – an award win­ning Alaskan float plane – is also a thrill for those want­i­ng a quin­tes­sen­tial Alaskan adven­ture. With all those hours in the air, Jeff can tell you a thing or two about what you’ll see upon land­ing too. He was born and raised in Ketchikan, and speaks with author­i­ty on those things he’s been doing all his life: fly­ing, fish­ing, and hunting.

The three-hour trip starts with a short flight over the Ton­gass Nation­al For­est to Trai­tors Cove. Access is lim­it­ed to a few vis­i­tors each year, so this is tru­ly a spe­cial oppor­tu­ni­ty. A trained guide will escort you through the for­est to a view­ing plat­form, where you can take in bears feed­ing on salmon as eagles dive in and out for scraps.

Fly through dra­mat­i­cal­ly beau­ti­ful land­scapes in a DeHav­il­land float­plane for an icon­ic Alaskan expe­ri­ence. In this 2‑hour adven­ture, you’ll vis­it Misty Fjords Nation­al Mon­u­ment, where glac­i­ers carved out the land 17,000 years ago. See an untouched world of deep fjords, lush green for­est and sparkling lakes. Expe­ri­ence a water land­ing and ven­ture out onto the floats to take in the beau­ty – and peace­ful­ness – of remote Alaska.