Ketchikan serves as a both an air and marine transportation hub for southern Southeast Alaska.
The Ketchikan International Airport both serves as a gateway for Alaska Airlines jet service from Seattle and a bush carrier and charter aircraft hub for destinations like Hyder, Metlakatla, Alaska, and Prince of Wales Island. Ketchikan also serves as the base for L.A.B. Flying Service’s regular flights to Klawock.

Ketchikan receives service to two separate ferry lines. Ketchikan sits on the Alaska Marine Highway’s Inside Passage route and sees a large number of ships northbound (to the rest of Alaska) and southbound (to Prince Rupert, British Columbia ” where a connection can be made to the BC Ferries system ” and Bellingham, Washington).

Ketchikan also sees regular day service from the Alaska Marine Highway vessel M/V Lituya, a day boat that shuttles between Ketchikan and Metlakatla, its homeport. The newly-inaugurated Inter-Island Ferry Authority serves Ketchikan daily (and, in the summer, twice daily) with the day boat M/V Prince of Wales from its homeport in Hollis on Prince of Wales Island. Ketchikan often serves as a connection between the Prince of Wales and mainline Alaska Marine Highway vessels that run to the rest of Southeast Alaska.

If you fly into Kethikan, the International Airport is on Gravina, and you will take a small ferry ride across the Tongass Narrows to Ketchikan. In this picture, you can faintly see the light line that deliniates the Tongass Narrows. Ketchikan is on Revillagigedo Island. I have only circumnavigated Gravina Island once by boat; there is some good fishing at Volker Point which is on the left side of Gravina, close to Tongass Narrows.

Ketchikan serves as the first port of call in Alaska for cruise ships and Alaska Marine Highway vessels. Air Transportation - The State-owned Ketchikan International Airport serves Ketchikan and the surrounding region. The 7,500′ runway is paved and lighted with daily scheduled jet service.

The airport is located on Gravina Island, which is a short ferry ride from Ketchikan, which is on Revillagigedo Island. Additionally, there are four floatplane-landing facilities. Mass Transportation - The Ketchikan Gateway Borough runs a fixed-route bus service, “The Bus,” which also services Saxman. Service was recently reduced due to fiscal constraints.