Island Wings Air Service is owned and operated by Alaska veteran pilot Michelle Masden, who started flying in 1977 and began her business in Ketchikan in 1993. Island Wings takes the time and makes the effort to help you realize your Alaskan dreams. Share our love of flying through our vast Alaskan wilderness. Experience the freedom of flight over the wild grandeur of the mountains, the islands and the endless sea. Our focus is the quality of your experience. From the handling of your reservation, to the equipment we operate, to the places we visit; we don't compromise and neither should you. The total time for this tour is 2.5 hours including: the two hour flightseeing tour and fifteen minutes for the pick-up and fifteen minutes for the drop-off. This tour takes you on a flight from Ketchikan to the Misty Fjords National Monument with a landing on a freshwater lake or a saltwater fjord with approximately a thirty minute stopover.
City: Ketchikan
Sat 05 Apr
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You can choose the date already on the booking website
We operate well maintained six-passenger DeHavilland Beaver floatplanes
Interactive narration with your Pilot
US Forest Service Special Use Permit for Shore stops within Misty Fjords National Monument
Guranteed window seats for every person
Voice activated, noise cancelling headsets for every passenger
Pick-up and drop-off by Island WIngs van from the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau on Cruise Ship Berth 2
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please wear layered clothing and comfortable walking shoes.
All passengers MUST provide us a contact phone number when booking or call us to confirm a tour time.
Passengers travelling via cruise ship MUST provide their cruise ship name to us so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
What To Expect
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Misty Fjords National Monument
Alaska's Inside Passage or Southeast Alaska is home to some of the most breathtaking scenery on earth. One of its jewels is the majestic Misty Fjords National Monument. Completely road-less and consisting of 2.3 million acres, an area larger than Yellowstone, makes a seaplane tour the only way to comfortably experience the many different levels within the deep, narrow fjords. More dramatic than the Grand Canyon, the fjords are steep walled inlets of the sea. Created by glacial gouging long ago, snow capped, sheer granite cliffs rise dramatically 3,500 out of the sea, ribbonned with waterfalls plummeting sensationally thousands of feet. Nestled within the steep walled canyons, lie pristine bowl-shaped alpine lakes suspended at many different elevations above sea level. Fed by more than 150 inches of misty rain annually, the lush rain forest, made of giant stands of spruce, hemlock and cedar, cling to the rugged rising terrain. Wildlife abounds in the area, with mountain goats and harbor seals being the most frequently sighted animals. Our most popular tour lasts 2 hours and takes you across Revilliagegedo Island over to the Alaskan mainland where the fjords are located, and into the heart of the monument. Headsets with voice communication are provided to passengers so you can chat in flight and ask questions as we fly. For the highlight of the tour, we will land on an alpine lake or on a calm bay at sea level and let passengers get off of the floatplane for a quiet excursion. Relax, stretch your legs and take some photos as you drink in the silence of the vast wilderness. Flying within the Misty Fjords is truly an emotional experience you’ll never forget!!
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
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Getaway08344595984
Nov 2024
5 Star - The office helped with every question we had before arrival. Our Pilot was Adam. It was a very comfortable and relaxing flight. He provided an excellent trip with information of the area for our family flying thru the Misty Fjords. The additional water landing was one of the best experiences of the tour. He took us to an incredible location for the water landing and had an incredible take off with the water ending in a massive waterfall! What an experience this was. We saw mountain goats and the views of the Fjords were breathtaking. We wanted to see as much of Alaska as we could, and this was an amazing way to do just that. Thank you for the lifetime of memories this adventure provided for our family.
MarkandML
Oct 2024
My husband and I planned an Alaskan cruise to celebrate our 30th anniversary and my husband did the research for our excursions. I am a nervous flyer and I was very reluctant to agree to a flight in a floatplane through the Misty Fjords. Am I ever glad I agreed to it! Adam was an excellent pilot and his calm demeanor and educational commentary were just what I needed to appreciate the grandeur of what we got to see. The weather was picture perfect, too, which added to our enjoyment. I highly recommend this tour and encourage anyone who might be hesitant, like me, to go for it!
KsgHanover
Sep 2024
Our tour was incredible! A highlight of our trip for sure!! This is a must do on your Alaska trip! Our pilot Adam was great! He was so informative and kind! He has a good eye for bear! He spotted 3!
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