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Direct Flights from Juneau to Yakutat

Yakutat · Alaska

Nonstop service from JNU to YAK on Alaska. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.

Airlines
Alaska
Nonstop flights
~1/day
Distance
198 mi
Flight time
~55mgate to gate
Elevation
33 ftabout the same as home
Days operated
Daily (all week)
Great-circle flight path from Juneau (JNU) to Yakutat (YAK), 198 miles nonstop.JNUYAK

How rare is this nonstop?

This is a rare nonstop: only 2 cities fly direct to Yakutat, and Juneau is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.

How long to go to Yakutat for, from Juneau

55m in the air, 198 miles: short enough that a single night in Yakutat is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.

About Yakutat

Icebergs in the Yakutat Bay, Alaska
Photo by james from the atl, usa · CC BY 2.0

Yakutat is a town near Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska.

Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).

Top things to do in Yakutat

  1. New Russia was a trading-post for furs and a penal colony established by Russians in 1796 in present-day Yakutat Borough, Alaska, United States.

Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).

Yakutat weather, compared with Juneau

Within 1° of Juneau 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
Yakutat 34°F · Juneau 33°F · much the same
April
Yakutat 46°F · Juneau 49°F · 3° colder
July
Yakutat 61°F · Juneau 64°F · 3° colder
October
Yakutat 48°F · Juneau 47°F · much the same

January bottoms out near 34°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 Yakutat

Best time to visit
The best time to visit Yakutat is July–August, when daytime highs are a comfortable around 61°F.
How long to stay
A long weekend is plenty of time to see Yakutat, including New Russia (trading post).

Frequently asked questions

Is there a direct flight from Juneau to Yakutat?
Yes — you can fly nonstop from Juneau (JNU) to Yakutat (YAK) on Alaska.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Juneau to Yakutat?
Alaska flies nonstop between Juneau (JNU) and Yakutat (YAK).
How many nonstop flights are there from Juneau to Yakutat?
There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Juneau to Yakutat.
How far is Yakutat from Juneau?
Yakutat is about 198 miles from Juneau by air.
What is there to do in Yakutat?
Popular things to do include New Russia (trading post), and more.

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