Flying to Aniakchak

From the Alaska Dispatch

Flying to Aniakchak Volcano provides one last summer adventure

By Colleen Mondor

To arrive in Aniakchak today, pilots can depart Anchorage in a Cessna 185 on floats and fly southwest 250 miles for about an hour and half to King Salmon, the gateway to the park where fuel can be purchased. The King Salmon Visitors Center is located close to the airport and staffed by National Park Service personnel daily through the summer. (Phone for operating hours in September.) Contact Katmai Air Service for fuel purchase on the river.