Direct Flights from Anchorage to Homer
Homer · Alaska
Nonstop service from ANC to HOM 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 Homer — everywhere else connects.
How long to go to Homer for, from Anchorage
45m in the air, 118 miles: short enough that a single night in Homer is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
About Homer
Homer is a city on the Kenai Peninsula in Southcentral Alaska and is long known as the "Halibut Fishing Capital of the World." It is also known as the "End of the Road". The most westerly point on the North American contiguous highway system is in nearby Anchor Point. There the road turns southeast and ends at the tip of the Homer Spit, a natural sandbar stretching some four miles into Kachemak Bay, at the End of the Road Park.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Homer
- Kachemak Bay State Park and Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park is a 400,000-acre (1,600 km2) park in and around Kachemak Bay, Alaska, United States.
- Yukon Island is an island in outer Kachemak Bay, an inlet of the Cook Inlet of south central Alaska. The island is located about 9 miles (14 km) south of Homer.
- The Pratt Museum is a regional natural history museum located in Homer, Alaska, with exhibits exploring life around Kachemak Bay in South Central Alaska.
- Ninilchik is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ninilchik had a population of 845.
- The Coal Village Site, also known as Coal Cove after the name of the bay south of it, is a historic archaeological site near Port Graham, Alaska.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Homer weather, compared with Anchorage
Within 2° 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
- Homer 31°F · Anchorage 23°F · 8° warmer
- April
- Homer 45°F · Anchorage 46°F · much the same
- July
- Homer 62°F · Anchorage 66°F · 4° colder
- October
- Homer 46°F · Anchorage 42°F · 4° warmer
January bottoms out near 31°F — a real coat, not a layer. Homer is the steadier of the two, moving 31° 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 Homer
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Homer is July–August, when daytime highs are a comfortable around 62°F.
- How long to stay
- Three or four days is enough to take in Homer's highlights, from Kachemak Bay State Park, Yukon Island, and Pratt Museum and more.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Anchorage to Homer?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Anchorage (ANC) to Homer (HOM) on Aleutian Airways.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Anchorage to Homer?
- Aleutian Airways flies nonstop between Anchorage (ANC) and Homer (HOM).
- How far is Homer from Anchorage?
- Homer is about 118 miles from Anchorage by air.
- What is there to do in Homer?
- Popular things to do include Kachemak Bay State Park, Yukon Island, Pratt Museum, Deep Creek State Recreation Area, and more.
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