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Lake Hood Seaplane Base

4.9 (10 reviews)

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Joy L.

As I considered what to write in my review and how many stars to give, I pondered what others have written. Although 1 in 4 Alaskans has a pilots license, most of us simply enjoy Lake Hood as a tourist attraction rather than an airport. It's a lovely place to stroll or picnic, watch the planes land and take off, and the colors of the alpenglow reflect off the lake. When the weather is nice, it looks like a scene from Gilmore Gilrls there's so many friendly people walking dogs and picnicking around the lake, it's really lovely.

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Boon C.

Lake Hood Seaplane Base is United States busiest seaplane airport. Lake Hood and Lake Spenard has form this base for seaplanes take off and landing. These two lakes was inter connected by man made canal to allow plane travel in between lake. You can see many types and shapes of seaplane along this two lakes. There is two viewpoints for seaplane take off and landing. On the south you can access the Aviation Avenue to the seaplane view point. The south is great for evening viewing without the sun hitting your place. On the north, the lake shore drive has the access to lake for morning viewing. The best viewing area is at Lake Spenard at the point connects to the canal. This is the action area. There is no fee to see the plane take off. It is a great place to visit if you in Anchorage Alaska.

Estrella V.

If you are amazed by planes, and you like to chill this is a place I'd go. Love sitting there and watch beautiful planes all around you or parked in their little places in the lake with their very unique little sheds and docks

Joel J.

This place... Go here... If you are an avid pilot or aviation enthusiast, this place deserves your homage. Why? Only because it's the largest seabase in the world and is right there in anchorage. I have never seen so many pontoon aircraft in my life, nor have I seen pontoon aircraft taking off and landing so many times in a day/evening. A pretty amazing sight. What's even more spectacular is how the airport is planned out. You have this seabase that borders (joins) with Ted Stevens International and strategically positioned in such a way that it's magnificent. Kudos to the design planners! I hope other Yelpers, who have visited this place or walk along it's beautiful trails; which is along the lake's edge, with views of so many different types of aircraft, will consider posting about it. It's a beautiful upscale community with plenty of warm and friendly people.

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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport - 08.30.23 Alaska Yukon Moose

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4.0(364 reviews)
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We flew SFO to ANC on a Monday nonstop on United…read more Once we landed we proceeded to baggage claim. On the down escalator we were greeted by a huge moose. We picked up our check in luggage and proceeded to the taxis outside of arrivals. It was less expensive than a ride share with dynamic pricing in place. Also it would have meant pulling our luggage to another level which was inconvenient. Our taxi ride to our Marriott Anchorage downtown hotel was less than 15 minutes from ANC.

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2.3(27 reviews)
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Delta: please keep copying Alaska Airlines…read more On a scale of United to 10, Delta gets a 5.5. Delta is OK. It's usually a bit cheaper than Alaska Airlines. It's not quite as good though. I'm frugal grandpa and even I think it's worth paying a little extra to fly on Alaska Airlines. Why? Delta has craft beer and food like Alaska, except they're always out of everything good. No fancy brews for you, Bud/Miller/Coors or water! The seats are cramped compared to Alaska. The free media player in every seat is nice, but the video constantly skips every 20-30 seconds. I found myself just waiting for the next skip to happen, rather than being engaged in the content. Gogo inflight WiFi is worse than Chinese water torture (OK, this is a problem on all flights, I admit) The flight attendants are a bit absent-minded and/or loopy. The best part about Delta is that you can use your Alaska Airlines' frequent flier mileage number INSTEAD of Delta's, which you should do.

Alaska, I love you and in the case of Delta I have to say the same…read more.. Its all good here. Great gate agents, now in B concourse and generally always on time. I get a kick out of the mass of humanity that accumulates in preparation for red-eye flights in and out of ANC. Most of the year, Delta's flights out of ANC depart around 1am immediately following a flight arrival...the terminals are like half way houses for travelers, tourists and other wandering sorts who find themselves out of their hotel or home at a time when they are normally expecting to be asleep. Delta does a good job of keeping the chaos to a minimum, getting the planes loaded and in and out on time. However, there was that one time that a complete drunk made it on board and passed out in an emergency exit row...that was almost comical to watch the flight crew coerse him out of his seat so that a competant individual could man the emergency exit in the event of an emergency. I wanted to beat the idiot sensless but he was already there so why waste the energy, right? These are Delta jets here too so no small planes and generally great on-board service. The flight attendants keep liquored up in the front and sufficiently satisfied in the back to make it through the typically 5 hour flight from ANC to the lower 48. I have flown other airlines in and out of Alaska and find that Delta gives me the best service, best opportunity to upgrade and reliable departures. Oh yah, during the peak travel season they throw in some extra day time departures too...but be prepared to pay for the atypical travel times to Alaska.

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