Direct Flights from Anchorage to Deadhorse
Deadhorse · Alaska
Nonstop service from ANC to SCC on Alaska. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 2 cities fly direct to Deadhorse, and Anchorage is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Deadhorse for, from Anchorage
1h 45m in the air, 624 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Deadhorse. Two nights works.
The schedule narrows it further. This route does not fly daily, so assuming the return runs the same days, your trip is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 nights — or a full week. Worth checking before you book time off.
About Deadhorse
Deadhorse is a town 10 miles from Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic Ocean in Arctic Alaska at the end of the Dalton Highway.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Deadhorse
- The Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site is an archaeological site and National Historic Landmark in northern Alaska.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Deadhorse weather, compared with Anchorage
25° cooler than Anchorage on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Deadhorse -7°F · Anchorage 23°F · 30° colder
- April
- Deadhorse 10°F · Anchorage 46°F · 35° colder
- July
- Deadhorse 54°F · Anchorage 66°F · 12° colder
- October
- Deadhorse 24°F · Anchorage 42°F · 18° colder
January bottoms out near -7°F — a real coat, not a layer. Deadhorse also swings harder through the year than Anchorage does — 62° between its coldest and warmest months against 44°.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Deadhorse
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Deadhorse is June–September, when the weather is mildest, with daytime highs around 47°F.
- How long to stay
- A long weekend is plenty of time to see Deadhorse, including Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Anchorage to Deadhorse?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Anchorage (ANC) to Deadhorse (SCC) on Alaska.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Anchorage to Deadhorse?
- Alaska flies nonstop between Anchorage (ANC) and Deadhorse (SCC).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Anchorage to Deadhorse?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Anchorage to Deadhorse.
- How far is Deadhorse from Anchorage?
- Deadhorse is about 624 miles from Anchorage by air.
- How many days can I spend in Deadhorse flying from Anchorage?
- Because this route doesn't operate daily, your trip is effectively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 nights — or a full week — assuming the return flies the same days as the outbound.
- What is there to do in Deadhorse?
- Popular things to do include Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site, and more.
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