Direct Flights from San Francisco to Anchorage
Anchorage · Alaska
Nonstop service from SFO to ANC on Alaska, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
35 cities have a nonstop to Anchorage, San Francisco among them.
How long to go to Anchorage for, from San Francisco
4h 30m in the air, 2,016 miles. A two-night trip loses most of two days to travel; three or four nights is where this one starts to make sense.
About Anchorage
Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska, in the Southcentral region. Anchorage is a cosmopolitan port city with a population of 291 247 (2020). It is a consolidated city-borough referred to as a municipality. The urbanized city is defined by Muldoon Road to the east, Rabbit Creek Road to the south, and Cook Inlet to the north and west. Several small suburbs are within the Municipality of Anchorage while physically outside what most Anchorageites would call the "Anchorage" proper area. These include Eagle River and Chugiak to the north and Girdwood to the south.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Anchorage
- Sunrise is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sunrise had a population of 15.
- Chugach State Park covers 495,204 acres covering a hilly region immediately east of Anchorage, in south-central Alaska.
- Holy Family Old Cathedral, located in the commercial downtown section of Anchorage, Alaska in United States of America, was the cathedral and mother church of former Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Anchorage from the erect…
- The Alaska Zoo is a zoo in Anchorage, Alaska, located on 25 acres (10 ha) of the Anchorage Hillside. It is a popular attraction in Alaska, with nearly 200,000 visitors per year.
- The Glenn Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, extending 179 miles (288 km) from Anchorage near Merrill Field to Glennallen on the Richardson Highway.
- The Alaska Aviation Museum, previously the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, is located on Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage, Alaska.
- The Alaska Botanical Garden is a 110-acre botanical garden located inside the Far North Bicentennial Park at 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road, Anchorage, Alaska, United States.
- Alyeska Resort is a ski resort in the Girdwood area of Anchorage, Alaska, approximately 30 miles (48 km) from downtown Anchorage.
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe of the Catholic Church is located in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It is the cathedral and a parish church of the Archdiocese of Anchorage–Juneau.
- Fort Richardson National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located on the Fort Richardson United States Army installation near Anchorage, Alaska.
- The Alaska Native Heritage Center is an educational and cultural institution for all Alaskans, located in Anchorage, Alaska. The center opened in 1999.
- The Oscar Anderson House Museum is a historical museum at 420 M Street in downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Anchorage weather, compared with San Francisco
22° cooler than San Francisco on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Anchorage 23°F · San Francisco 57°F · 34° colder
- April
- Anchorage 46°F · San Francisco 65°F · 19° colder
- July
- Anchorage 66°F · San Francisco 72°F · 5° colder
- October
- Anchorage 42°F · San Francisco 71°F · 29° colder
January bottoms out near 23°F — a real coat, not a layer. Anchorage also swings harder through the year than San Francisco does — 44° between its coldest and warmest months against 17°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Anchorage
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Anchorage is June–August, when daytime highs are a comfortable 64–66°F.
- How long to stay
- Anchorage rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Sunrise, Alaska, Chugach State Park, and Holy Family Old Cathedral (Anchorage, Alaska) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from San Francisco to Anchorage?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from San Francisco (SFO) to Anchorage (ANC) on Alaska, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from San Francisco to Anchorage?
- Alaska, United fly nonstop between San Francisco (SFO) and Anchorage (ANC).
- How many nonstop flights are there from San Francisco to Anchorage?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from San Francisco to Anchorage.
- How far is Anchorage from San Francisco?
- Anchorage is about 2,016 miles from San Francisco by air.
- What is there to do in Anchorage?
- Popular things to do include Sunrise, Alaska, Chugach State Park, Holy Family Old Cathedral (Anchorage, Alaska), Alaska Zoo, and more.
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