![]() Most hotel’s courtesy van will also help make your shopping about town a little easier from one end to the other. Hotels usually have shuttle service (courtesy van) that will pick up guests staying with them and deliver them to from the airport ferry to hotel at no charge. Once on town side you’re just a few minutes away from the Plaza Port West Mall, Safeway, Tongass Marine Store, Murray Pacific Fishing Supplies, and downtown, along with the various Hotels and B&B’s. There’s a short 7 minute ferry ride from the airport on Gravina Island across Tongass Narrows over to the “town side” of Revilla Island and Ketchikan proper. From wherever you are in the USA you’ll fly into Seattle and then connect on Alaska Airlines to get to Ketchikan (KTN). Well outside the range of typical small day charter boats are some of the best fishing hot spots to be found anywhere on the planet! Where the civilization ends is where Classic Alaska Charters wilderness adventure begins… How To Get Here… Alaska Airlines the only way to fly Seattle to Ketchikan, AlaskaĪlaska Airlines is only airlines at this time that flies into Ketchikan International Airport from Seattle. The truly special places and the REAL Alaska are the remote coastal areas away from town and far from the popular cruise ship traffic and crowded fishing grounds servicing cruise ship tourists. These days it’s about a million cruise ship passengers from May through Sept that most shuffle off into Ketchikan’s “Gift Shop and Jewelery Central” downtown area that specifically caters to the cruise ship industry. They climb back aboard in the afternoon and head north or south to another town in Alaska or Vancouver, BC. Ketchikan is the main hub in southern southeast Alaska for daily dispersing cruise ship travelers from around the globe to local and outlying adventure destinations. The population has stabilized at about 12,000, more and less as the tourist seasons come and go. State and Federal Government make up a significant portion of the citizenry and economy as well. Now commercial fishing and the expanding cruise ship industry, along with tourism in general, have become the economic focal point for this the 5th largest city in Alaska. Historically Ketchikan was a timber and fishing town until 1997 when the pulp mill was shut down. The trip is 8 hours from Prince Rupert, BC or 36 hours from Bellingham, WA. There are no roads to access Ketchikan, except for the Alaska Marine Highway that ferries vehicles and people through the protected Inside Passage. It’s a quick 90 minute flight to Ketchikan from Seattle on Alaska Airlines. Known as the First City of Alaska, Ketchikan is located in Southeast Alaska 234 miles south of Juneau, the Capital City of Alaska, and 680 miles from Seattle. Barges depart Seattle 2x per week, year roundĪs the 1st stop in Alaska for the Marine Highway ferries travelling up the Inside Passage from Bellingham WA to Ketchikan and for ferries travelling from Prince Rupert BC to Ketchikan, the city is an immensely popular spot.Ketchikan, Alaska Ketchikan, Alaska Salmon Capital of the World ![]() Once the ferries to Ketchikan are sold out of vehicle space,one can book their vehicle ( no passengers) on a barge from Seattle to Ketchikan. Ketchikan is located in the heart of Alaska and is accessible only by air and by sea (Alaska Marine ferries, BC Ferries & by cruise ships).īecause there are no roads into or out of Ketchikan, travel by ferries is the major form of transportation & must be booked well in advance. ![]()
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