What is the closest airport to Seward Alaska?

This is a commonly asked question. Many visitors don’t realize that you can only get to Seward only by bus, rail, train, shuttle, or car. Even though Seward AK has a tiny airport it is only accessible by small aviation flights with a runway of only a few hundred feet and no airport terminal.

Closests major airport is about 125 miles North and is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Anchorage’s airport is a major cargo and passenger operation with most major airlines flying all over the world to every destination. Since most visitors come to Alaska by air using a major airline, Anchorage airport is the best option where you can rent a car, meet your bus or train and travel all over the South Central Alaska.

Visitors can only reach Seward Alaska by bus, rental car, cruise ship or Alaska Railroad train.

Alaska Cruise Transfers and Tours offers bus and day tour service from Anchorage airport, hotels, and car rentals to Seward cruise ship port and from Seward cruise ship port to Anchorage Ted Stevens airport, hotels and car rental agencies to accommodate cruise ship passengers for all major cruise lines that come to Seward, AK.

Since flying to Seward is not an option for your travel you have several transportation options: 

• Direct transfer by motor coach
• Wildlife Tour with transfer with stops at the Wildlife park

Please visit our Seward Transportation page to find out the schedule and prices http://alaskacruisetransfer.com/seward-cruises-transfer/

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Things To Know About Whittier

Whittier is Anchorage’s portal to Prince William Sound. Although Anchorage itself in on Upper Cook Inlet, the highest tides in the Northern America, muddy, fast-moving water offers no use for boating. Whittier, on the other hand, stands on the edge of a long fjord, whose clear waters are full of salmon orcas, and otters. Surrounded by mountains dripping with glaciers which are beautiful when the sun is shining, they also trap storms over the town and as a result 15 feet of rain and 20 feet of snow a year is average. Most of town’s 250 residents live in one 14-story structure, which certainly cuts down on snow-shoveling time.

In the past, the only way to get from Anchorage to Whittier or from Whittier to Anchorage was by riding through the mountain by train. Now the railway tunnel is paved creating North America’s longest highway tunnel.  But it is also among the most inconvenient to use in North America. It has only one lane, and that lane must be shared by traffic and trains in both directions.There are lots of exciting things to do in Whittier such as hiking, fishing for salmon, trout, red snapper, photography, hunting for bear and birds, wildlife viewing, and much more right here in Whittier, Alaska!

It was named after William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. In 1867, he fought for the U.S. purchase of Alaska which he finally negotiated to acquire from Russia.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.5 square miles (55.8 km²), of which, 14.4 square miles (37.4 km²) of it is land and 7.1 square miles (18.4 km²) of it (32.93%) is water.

Adjoining communities include Bear Creek and Lowell Point.

Economy

• Seward is the seventh most lucrative fisheries port in the United States per value. In 2004, 49.7 million dollars worth of fish and shellfish passed through Seward according to the National Marine Fisheries Service.
• Another major industry in Seward is tourism.
• Seward is also an Alaska Railroad terminus which has a maintained dock for cruise vessels and it controls a shipping terminal for coal from Usibelli. The Railroad and Aurora Energy Services employ dozens of people in the local area.

Demographics

The Seward boat harbor

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,830 people, 917 households, and 555 families residing in the city. The population density was 196.0 people per square mile (75.7/km²). There were 1,058 housing units at an average density of 73.3/sq mi (28.3/km²).

The median income for a household in the city was $44,306, and the median income for a family was $54,904. Males had a median income of $36,900 versus $30,508 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,360. About 8.3% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

Seward is unique among most small Alaskan communities in that it has road access in the Seward Highway, a National Scenic Byway and All-American Road, which also brings it bus service. Seward is also the southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad. This keeps the port busy with freight coming on and off the trains, but also makes Seward a primary end point for north-bound cruise ships.
Seward is a very bike friendly community. A paved bike path runs from the downtown business district through the harbor and along the highway to mile 4.5. Bikes can be rented from The Seward Bike Shop.

Seward used to receive service from the Alaska Marine Highway (ferry) system, however, service was discontinued at the end of the 2005. Ferry connections are now available in Whittier (90 miles North) or Homer (150 miles by highway).

Seward Airport (PAWD/SWD) is home to (general aviation) services and flight-seeing operators. Scheduled commercial service is available at Kenai Municipal Airport in Kenai and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, both about 100 miles (160 km) away. Seasonal bus connections are also available.

Notable people from Seward

• In 1927, thirteen-year old Seward resident and Native Alaskan, Benny Benson, won a territory-wide American Legion contest to design a flag for Alaska. Born in Chignik in 1913, he was three when his mother died of pneumonia. Soon after her death the family’s house burned and his Swedish fisherman father sent Benny and his brother to the Jesse Lee Home in Seward. Winning the contest changed Benny”s life. The prize for designing the flag included a $1000 scholarship which he used to become an airplane mechanic. He married, raised a family, and died of a heart attack in 1972 at the age of 58. His design became the territorial flag and eventually the state flag. He is memorialized in Seward by the Benny Benson Memorial Park.
• Chad Bentz, Major League Baseball Player .
• Harry Kawabe, Japanese-American businessman sent to internment camp during WWII .

Points of Interest

• Mount Marathon and its famous Mount Marathon Race
• Kenai Fjords National Park with its easily accessible Exit Glacier
• Alaska SeaLife Center
• Sport fishing- Salmon, Halibut, Ling cod, Salmon Shark
• Glacier and Wildlife Day Cruises
• Kayaking
• Sailing
• Hiking
• 4th of July Celebrations
• Silver Salmon Derby
• Alaska Vocational Technical Center
• 4th of July Festival
• Seward Silver Salmon Derby
• Seward Polar Bear Jump-Off
• Spring Creek Correctional Center
• Seward Music and Arts Festival, every year in November.
• Kenai Fjord Tours, take an amazing boat cruise into the Kenai Fjord National Park.

• Anchorage to Seward And Seward to Anchorage Shuttle Bus tour/transfer is directly coordinated with the cruise line schedule and place. We will meet you when you are able to get off the ship, will take care of your luggage, and drop off at most locations in Anchorage. Or we will pick you up at most locations in Anchorage, will take care of your luggage, and we GUARANTEE to deliver you to your cruise ship right on time for your departure.
• Our company offers a short tour/transfer that makes a stop at the Wildlife Conservation Center (included in the price) and Canyon Creek or Turnagain Arm Rest Area, and a narration on the way to Seward or to Anchorage.
• We also charter buses for tours and private groups. Our fleet includes only motorchoach style buses ranging from 25 to 50 passengers, with leg room, air conditioning, and large windows.

Whittier to Anchorage and Anchorage to Whittier
Alaska Cruise and Tours Transportation Options

• Our tour/transfer is directly coordinated with the cruise line schedule and place. We will meet you when you are able to get off the ship, will take care of your luggage, and drop off at most locations in Anchorage. Or we will pick you up at most locations in Anchorage, will take care of your luggage, and we GUARANTEE to deliver you to your cruise ship right on time for your departure
• Our company offers a short tour/transfer that makes a stop at the Wildlife Conservation Center (included in the price) and Portage Glacier, and a narration on the way to Whittier or to Anchorage. Compare to $139 for the Princess cruise comparable tours.

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Why take a train that takes 6 hours for the same distance (train tracks and highway parallel each other most of the way) and does not stop along the way? Don’t waste your time traveling, enjoy Alaska outside! Take Alaska Shuttle bus transportation 

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