Alaska Floats & Skis

Alaska Floats and Skis, LLC is a flight school in Anchorage, Alaska. It teaches seaplane flying and ski plane flying. Its base is at Lake Hood. The office address is 4451 Aircraft Drive in Anchorage.

Summer training runs from May 17 to September 30, 2026. The site says summer operations instruction is given out of Lake Hood. Pilots can schedule recurrent training or fly from the left seat for a set time. Winter ski training ran from January 19 to March 27, 2026, also from Lake Hood. The site says the school offers full ski checkouts and winter flying instruction.

The Float Rating Course includes up to 10 hours of flight time and 4 hours of ground instruction. It includes the course syllabus and the book Notes of a Seaplane Instructor by Burke Mees. The site says the course is led by Ty Christansen, a Supercub artist.

The Mountain and Bush Flying Course prepares pilots for backcountry flying. Flight instruction costs $625 per hour. The site says training is based at Wasilla, about one hour away by scenic road. Pilots can add float flying to reach remote alpine lakes.

Adventure flights are offered to past students. The site says pricing depends on the adventure chosen, and each quote is made on an individual basis. A video on the site shows a Piper Tri-Pacer on floats over the Knik Glacier.

Reviews on the site praise the school. One reviewer said ten hours of training there was worth more than 200 hours of flying at home. The school's training aircraft is named Tigress. The site says Tigress moves between skis and floats with the seasons.

The phone number is 907.414.3930. The contact page offers a form for questions. The site also lists FAQs, staff profiles, careers, scholarships, and workshops and keynotes.