Seattle to Ketchikan, KSEA-PAKD, I love flying to small Alaska airports and I’m sure a few you know about my love for the Alaska Airlines livery so I flew from Seattle to Ketchikan and got lucky enough to land during an AMAZING sunset in Ketchikan. The mountains and views along the flight were beautiful, but what was not beautiful was the 115 MPH crosswind during cruise and the 40 MPH winds when landing in Ketchikan. Flight time was 1 hour 22 minutes. I really recommend you try flying this flight
Rotation from Seattle Runway 34C Flying past the mountains of western Canada Starting to descend past the mountains of Graham Island in the background The sun started to set fast as we descended into Ketchikan, the sunset is just after 3:45 PM local time The airport is located on the bay between 2 mountains creating a very fun and amazing approach The flight deck views were as good as ever Gear down as we fly past the rising moon Final approach into a very gusty class Echo airport A rocky touchdown as the pink haze glows off the mountains of southern Alaska
There’s just something about these small Alaskan Airports that are only served by Alaska that are really cool to me
Please let me know your thoughts and leave comments! :) and have a great night