Alaska Airlines is connecting Anchorage to both New York City and San Diego with seasonal nonstop service this summer. Daily flights to New York JFK begin June 13, 2024, and weekly flights to San Diego start May 18, 2024. Flights are available for purchase now at alaskaair.com.

The new nonstop between the Big Apple and the Last Frontier offers New Yorkers an easier option to get away and enjoy the wilds of Alaska with its countless outdoor adventures, rich Alaska Native culture, wild Alaska seafood, jaw-dropping scenery and history-filled towns. It will be the only nonstop service between New York JFK and Anchorage. 

The Anchorage-New York JFK route — at 3,386 miles — will become the longest flight in Alaska's network. Alaska Airlines will serve the route with the new 737-8 aircraft. It will have the longest range of any plane in the airline's fleet — allowing Alaska Airlines  to add new nonstop destinations that Alaska Airlines' couldn’t before.

Alaskans like to get out. Sometimes that might mean hitting all the must-sees in New York City or taking surf lessons in SoCal. Alaska Airlines will make it more convenient for the guests to get there from Anchorage, as well as lots of other places: The airline will serve the most nonstop destinations ever this summer from the hub in Alaska.

With these new routes, Alaska Airlines will fly to 14 nonstop destinations to and from Anchorage in the summer to the Lower 48 and Hawaii. Alaska will serve all of these cities by mid-June from Anchorage: Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, New York JFK, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Seattle/Everett (Paine Field).

New Anchorage routes for Summer 2024