Direct Flights from Anchorage to Cold Bay
Cold Bay · Alaska
Nonstop service from ANC to CDB on Aleutian Airways. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Anchorage is the only city in our data with a nonstop to Cold Bay — everywhere else connects.
How long to go to Cold Bay for, from Anchorage
1h 45m in the air, 619 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Cold Bay. Two nights works.
About Cold Bay
Cold Bay is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 108, but at the 2020 census this had reduced to 50.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Cold Bay
- The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge comprising 2,400 islands, headlands, rocks, islets, spires and reefs in Alaska, with a total area of 4.9 million acres (20,000 km2)…
- The Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is the smallest of the National Wildlife Refuges located in the U.S. state of Alaska. It lies on the northwest coastal side of central Aleutians East Borough.
- The Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is the smallest of the National Wildlife Refuges located in the U.S. state of Alaska. It lies on the northwest coastal side of central Aleutians East Borough.
- Operl Island is a barrier island of Izembek Lagoon in the Bering Sea, and is part of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area home to a variety of wildlife, including Pacific black brant, emperor geese, and sea…
- Adamagan was an Aleut village that, at its peak, had about 1000 residents and covered almost 37 acres, making it one of the largest villages in the ancient Arctic or subarctic.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Cold Bay weather, compared with Anchorage
Within 1° of Anchorage on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Cold Bay 33°F · Anchorage 23°F · 10° warmer
- April
- Cold Bay 40°F · Anchorage 46°F · 5° colder
- July
- Cold Bay 56°F · Anchorage 66°F · 10° colder
- October
- Cold Bay 46°F · Anchorage 42°F · 4° warmer
January bottoms out near 33°F — a real coat, not a layer. Cold Bay is the steadier of the two, moving 24° between its coldest and warmest months where Anchorage moves 44°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Cold Bay
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Cold Bay is June–September, when the weather is mildest, with daytime highs around 55°F.
- How long to stay
- Three or four days is enough to take in Cold Bay's highlights, from Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, and Izembek Wilderness and more.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Anchorage to Cold Bay?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Anchorage (ANC) to Cold Bay (CDB) on Aleutian Airways.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Anchorage to Cold Bay?
- Aleutian Airways flies nonstop between Anchorage (ANC) and Cold Bay (CDB).
- How far is Cold Bay from Anchorage?
- Cold Bay is about 619 miles from Anchorage by air.
- What is there to do in Cold Bay?
- Popular things to do include Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Izembek Wilderness, Operl Island (Alaska), and more.
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