SE Alaska's Premiere Flight Service!

Welcome to Northern Southeast Alaska with Mountain Flying Service. We specialize in flightseeing and charter flights among Skagway, Haines, Gustavus, Juneau, Sitka, and Yakutat. Our services are catered to those that want to experience world class glacier flightseeing tours, amazingly scenic charter flights, and for climbers that want access into the local Chilkat Mountains, Mt Fairweather and the St. Elias Range. We have been flying these mountains and fjords since 1992 with an earlier history of guiding on these rivers since 1987. I am the pioneering pilot and company to offer more in depth flights, going further cross Glacier Bay National Park and also incorporating a remote landing option. I love it. Our flights are designed to be informative, giving you a sense of how the landscape is formed, the wildlife that inhabit the land, and how human history intermingle with it all.

Our charter flight options include hydraulic-wheel ski plane glacier landings through mid-summer. For the duration of the year, we equip the aircraft with tundra tires for visits to remote back country locations, ideal for remote packing and rafting trips, wildlife photography, and fishing. Pilot Paul Swanstrom maintains all necessary permits with the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management allowing personal discretion for remote visits. For your comfort, our airplane is equipped with stereo headsets for quiet conversation, enhancing your experience with your personal guide and pilot into the rugged mountain terrain. Our flights are sure to be a life-time experience.

Fly with Paul and experince the difference between just an airplane ride and an interepitve flight through Southeast Alaska and Glacier Bay National Park.

ENJOY THE HIGH-WING VIEW ON YOUR FLIGHT.

For your peace of mind you will be flying in a New Bush Hawk-XP aircraft, maintained to the highest standards. The windows, which are 4-5 times larger than any other bush plane, give our flights an uninterrupted view for seeing mountains, glaciers and wildlife.

EXPERIENCE REMOTE BEACH AND GLACIER LANDINGS.

We feel the best flights are the ones which allow a little extra time for a remote landing and seeing things from the ground. The adventure of setting foot on a glacier or on the pristine beach at the foot of Mount Fairweather is guaranteed to be the highlight of your Alaskan experience.

GLACIER BAY, SKAGWAY, HAINES, GUSTAVUS - WHERE WE FLY.

Our charter flights and flightseeing tours primarily fly out of Haines, Skagway, Juneau, Gustavus, and Sitka Alaska. Though those are our normal ports of landing we can accomodate your needs. Give us a call.

WEATHER

A few insights into the weather on the day of your charter or glacier flight. Try not judge the weather on what you're seeing yourself. Please come in or call us because we fly everyday and have first hand knowledge of where it is good and what we are likely to be able to see. We never have disappointed passengers. Keep an open mind. Even if it is really cloudy and a bit of rain in the air when you are on the ground in Haines or Skagway it may not be that way in Glacier Bay. Ask us. If you are in town for several days we will look ahead and try to pick the best day for you. If you are in town just for the day it is always worth an hour flight. On the lower weather days we get closer to the glacier ice and see more wildlife. It's always a good idea to bring sun glasses.

Our Flightseeing Plane