Denali Flightseeing - Compare Tours
Truly a Once-in-a-lifetime Experience
Our Denali flightseeing tours are often called a "once in a lifetime experience" by our guests. The K2 Aviation staff is committed to ensuring that you have the best possible experience on your flightseeing tour.
Choose the Best Tour For You!
The K2 Aviation Staff will be glad to tell you about the difference in the flightseeing tours and help you find the best tour for you. We have provided a map with our routes and tour highlights below. For those traveling with kids, check out our flying with kids page.
McKinley Experience
Blue Flight Route:
$205 per person, 1 hour
$280 with glacier landing
* Flight times may vary
* Glacier landing adds 30 minutes
This route is so good it's the foundation for all our flightseeing tours. Soar over the Tokositna Glacier as it winds to McKinley's base flying within 6 miles of McKinley's towering summit. Descend into the Amphitheater on the Ruth Glacier. See Moose's Tooth and Broken Tooth.
Features:
- Moose's Tooth, Broken Tooth
- Mt. Barille
- Tokositna Glacier
- Ruth Glacier
- The Great Gorge
- Ruth Ice Fall
- South Face of Mt. McKInley
- Don Sheldon Amphitheater
- Talkeetna's three rivers
- The broad Susitna Valley
McKinley Flyer
Yellow Flight Route:
$265 per person, 1 1/4 hours
$340 with glacier landing
* Flight times may vary
* Glacier landing adds 30 minutes
Our most popular flightseeing tour of Denali. This flight takes you to the western end of Denali National Park and Preserve. Explore the south of Denali Park including seeing the high mountains such as Mt. McKinley (20,320 ft.), Mt. Foraker (17,400 ft.), and Mt. Hunter (14,573 ft.).
Features:
- Includes McKinley Experience Tour Route
- South Hunter Ice Fall
- West Ridge of Mount Hunter
- Climber's Base Camp
- West Buttress Route, most popular climbing route
- Little Switzerland, Kanikula,Tokositna, and Ruth Glaciers
Denali Grand Tour
Green Flight Route:
$310 per person, 1 1/2 hrs
$385 with glacier landing
* Flight times may vary
* Glacier landing adds 30 minutes
See Mt. McKinley from all sides; north, south, east and west. This flightseeing tour completely circles the mountain providing the most comprehensive tour of Denali National Park. You will soar over the Divide, where you will marvel at McKinley's incredible Wickersham Wall (14,000 ft).
Features:
- Includes McKinley Experience and Flyer Routes
- Climber's Base Camp and the West Buttress
- The Wickersham Wall: 14,000 foot continuous vertical rise of rock and ice
- The Eldridge and Coffee Glaciers
- The breathtaking north side of Denali
Climber/Summit Tour
Red Flight Route:
$310 per person, 1 1/4 hrs
Oxygen equipped airplane
Some restrictions apply
* Flight times may vary
This flightseeing tour covers the summits of Mt. McKinley, Mt. Foraker and Mt. Hunter. Your multi-engine airplane will climb high above the Alaska Range for dramatic views of McKinley's Summit. You will see the high ridges that only the most intrepid climbers have touched.
Features:
- Includes McKinley Experience and Flyer Routes and the Grand Tour Route
- All sides of McKinley
- High altitude flight allowing you to see vast landscape of Denali National Park
- Amazing summit views
