Seawind Aviation

Seawind Aviation is a family owned seaplane operator in Ketchikan, Alaska. It offers flightseeing tours, charter flights and scheduled service. The office is at 1249 Tongass Avenue in Ketchikan.

The company says it has flown in Southeast Alaska since 2003. The site says its pilots have years of waterfront flight experience. It also says the company has been in Ketchikan for nearly three decades and has helped many visitors see Misty Fjords and bear country.

Flightseeing tours include the Misty Fjords tour, an Anan bear viewing tour, a Prince of Wales Island bear tour, a Traitor's Cove bear tour, and a Misty Fjords and crab feast trip. Charters include lake trips, fly-in fishing, hunting trips and an international charter to Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Scheduled service runs between Ketchikan and Hyder, Alaska, twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays. The site also announces scheduled service to Metlakatla in the coming summer. The company says it delivers mail, food and packages to small settlements that depend on air service.

Steve and Lesley Kamm run the company. Steve was born and raised in Ketchikan and began his aviation career in 1988 with Temsco Airlines, which operated from the same building Seawind now occupies. Lesley came to Ketchikan in 1997 from Southern California.

The site says the company flies hundreds of cruise ship passengers each season. It shows 200 Google reviews rated excellent. Contact is by telephone at 907-225-1206, and the site has a booking form, a blog, an FAQ page and a testimonials page.