anchorage aviation

Lake Hood in Anchorage is the world's busiest seaplane base, and float plane tours are how visitors reach bear viewing at Katmai, glacier landings in the Alaska Range, and remote backcountry fishing lakes. Here's how to plan your float plane experience.

Lake Hood and Lake Spenard form the world's largest floatplane base, right in Anchorage. Up to 800 floatplane operations per day in summer.