Alaska Helicopter Flightseeing Tours

It's time to make your dreams of Alaska come true. Flying is a way of life in Alaska, and a trip to Alaska would not be complete without a flightseeing excursion. Our pilots at Alpine Air Alaska are friendly, informative, and competent. All our pilots have years of experience in mountain flying, and very knowledgeable of the Chugach Mountain Range.

We offer several flightseeing experiences and arctic adventures to North America's most heavily glaciated mountain range the Chugach Mountains! Our Summer flightseeing tours depart six times daily, with a variety of times and prices to accommodate your schedule and budget. Our Fall and Winter tours depart 5 times daily, and offer amazing glacier landings on frozen lakes at the face of the Colony Glacier.

We provide a free pick up service within the Girdwood area, including The Hotel Alyeska.

Currently, our Helicopter flightseeing times are:

8:45am, 10:30am, 12:15pm, 2:00pm, 3:45pm, and 5:30pm

• We can depart at different times for custom tours, weddings, and charter flights.
• For all of our tours, please dress comfortable clothing, sturdy shoes, and sunglasses.
• PLEASE make sure your camera battery is full!

30 Minute Helicopter Tour

Soar over the panoramic Alaskan scenery spotting wildlife as you glide by picturesque mountain peaks into the 20-Mile river valley to the heart of glacier country.

Tour time is approx. 30 minutes at $225 per person with a two-person minimum.

Helicopter Glacier Landing

Extend your flightseeing adventure by taking our most popular tour that explores the Lake George Glacier, Lake George Valley, Whiteout Glacier and Colony Glacier. As you fly through the Chugach backcountry the panorama opens to glacial-formed valleys and magnificent fields of ancient translucent blue glaciers. Highlight your trip with a glacier landing on Colony Glacier or atop a high ridge with a 360-degree panorama of mountains and glaciers and become surrounded by the surreal landscape.

Tour time is approx. 1 hour at $335 per person with a two-person minimum.

Prince William Sound Flightseeing Tour

Experience everything as with the glacier landing tour but add a return trip through the pristine waters of Prince Williams Sound. The clear waters and rocky fjords of Prince William Sound offer breathtaking landscapes and excellent wildlife spotting opportunities. Highlights of this tour include the glacier landing, tide water glaciers, marine wildlife, and Prince William Sound – of course!

Tour time is approx. 90 minutes at $445 per person with a two-person minimum.

Columbia Glacier Tour

If you truly want to go all the way the Columbia Glacier Tour is our most comprehensive and far-reaching tour. This tour offers a glacier landing and an extended Prince William Sound tour and best of all a tour of the Columbia Glacier. The Columbia Glacier is the largest tidewater glacier in the Prince William Sound. This glacier is a truly majestic place encompassing over fifteen thousand square miles of deep blue water, rustic mountain peaks, and endless ice fields. The Columbia Glacier tour is the ultimate flightseeing excursion and a truly unforgettable experience.

Tour time is approx. 3 hours $675 per person with a three-person minimum.

Alpine Air Alaska, established in 1991 out of Girdwood, Alaska, provides quality air transportation, statewide charter flights, spectacular flightseeing,
glacier tours, unique weddings, helicopter flight school, and summer glacier dog sledding in the Chugach mountain range of Alaska.