Alaska Helicopter Tours

Alaska Helicopter Tours, Inc. runs helicopter flightseeing and guided adventures in southcentral Alaska. Its Anchorage tours depart from a base at East Knik River Road in Palmer, and its Seward tours depart from the airport in Seward. The website says the company was started to share the places its team is lucky enough to call home.

Tours and experiences

• Glacier Tours: helicopter flightseeing with glacier landings
• Glacier Paddleboarding, also called Heli-Paddleboarding
• Glacier Swim and Hike, a guided adventure
• Glacier Dogsledding
• Seward Wildlife Explorer
• Weddings and elopements
• Family celebrations

Locations

The Anchorage area base is at 29979 East Knik River Road, Palmer, Alaska 99645. The Seward base is at 2110 Airport Road, Seward, Alaska 99664. The site has pages for summer and winter tours and a planning guide to help guests choose a season.

Safety and operations

The company says its fleet is privately owned and operated by in-house pilots, who are trained and based in Anchorage. It describes meticulous maintenance schedules and says pilots check weather, visibility and wind before departure and do not fly if conditions fall short of its standards. The site shows the logo of the Tour Operators Program of Safety. Pilots also act as guides, the company hires locally, and it says it follows Leave No Trace principles on landings and keeps to wildlife distance guidelines.

Company facts

• Legal name: Alaska Helicopter Tours, Inc.
• Chief executive named on the site: Mike Neely
• Bases in Palmer and Seward, Alaska
• Bookings by phone or online