Direct Flights from Anchorage to Utqiaġvik
Utqiaġvik · Alaska
Nonstop service from ANC to BRW on Alaska. 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 Utqiaġvik — everywhere else connects.
How long to go to Utqiaġvik for, from Anchorage
1h 55m in the air, 722 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Utqiaġvik. Two nights works.
About Utqiaġvik
Utqiaġvik is a city that is 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle on the Arctic Ocean in Arctic Alaska. The city holds the distinction of being the northernmost settlement in the United States, and the northernmost settlement on the North American mainland. The residents are primarily of Inupiat descent. Its population in 2019 was a bit more than 4,500 people.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Utqiaġvik
- The Birnirk site is an archaeological site near Utqiagvik, Alaska. It includes sixteen prehistoric mounds which have yielded evidence of very early Birnirk and Thule culture.
- The Iñupiat Heritage Center is a museum in Utqiaġvik in the U.S. state of Alaska. Dedicated in February 1999, it is an affiliated area of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and re…
- The Rogers–Post Site, located on the North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska, is the location of a plane crash that killed humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post on August 15, 1935, during an aerial tour of Alaska.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Utqiaġvik weather, compared with Anchorage
25° cooler than Anchorage on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Utqiaġvik -5°F · Anchorage 23°F · 28° colder
- April
- Utqiaġvik 11°F · Anchorage 46°F · 35° colder
- July
- Utqiaġvik 48°F · Anchorage 66°F · 19° colder
- October
- Utqiaġvik 26°F · Anchorage 42°F · 17° colder
February bottoms out near -5°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Utqiaġvik
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Utqiaġvik is June–September, when the weather is mildest, with daytime highs around 43°F.
- How long to stay
- A long weekend is plenty of time to see Utqiaġvik, including Birnirk site, Iñupiat Heritage Center, and Rogers–Post Site.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Anchorage to Utqiaġvik?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Anchorage (ANC) to Utqiaġvik (BRW) on Alaska.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Anchorage to Utqiaġvik?
- Alaska flies nonstop between Anchorage (ANC) and Utqiaġvik (BRW).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Anchorage to Utqiaġvik?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Anchorage to Utqiaġvik.
- How far is Utqiaġvik from Anchorage?
- Utqiaġvik is about 722 miles from Anchorage by air.
- What is there to do in Utqiaġvik?
- Popular things to do include Birnirk site, Iñupiat Heritage Center, Rogers–Post Site, and more.
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