Flightseeing

This area is the state's air-travel hub. Plenty of flightseeing services operating out of city airports and floatplane bases can take you on spectacular tours of Denali, the Chugach Range, Prince William Sound, Kenai Fjords National Park, and the Harding Icefield. Anchorage hosts the greatest number and variety of services, including companies operating fixed-wing aircraft, floatplanes, and helicopters.

Rust's Flying Service. An Anchorage company in business since 1963, Rust's will take you on narrated flightseeing tours of Denali, Columbia Glacier, and Prince William Sound. Rust's also offers bear-viewing flights to Lake Clark National Park and Preserve and the Bristol Bay region, and can arrange multiday fishing and hiking trips to various backcountry locations. Rust's also owns Talkeetna-based K2 Aviation and offers skiplane glacier landings on Denali. 4525 Enstrom Circle, West Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, 99502. 907/243–1595; 800/544–2299; www.flyrusts.com.