About Coastal Helicopters
Coastal Helicopters is a locally owned helicopter tour operator flying from Yandukin Drive beside Juneau International Airport, carrying visitors over the Juneau Icefield and down onto its glaciers. The company has flown Southeast Alaska for decades, balancing summer tourism flights with year-round charter and utility work that keeps its pilots sharp in the region's demanding mountain weather.
Flightseeing tours cross the icefield's sprawl of ridgelines and blue crevasses before landing on a glacier, where guests step out onto the ice with guide commentary and photo time. The glacier dog sledding tour adds a stop at a summer mushing camp, where guests meet racing sled dog teams and ride a sled across the snowfield. Extended tours take in multiple glaciers, and private charters serve photographers, remote cabin access, and custom itineraries. Tours run through the May-to-September cruise season, with flights sized in small helicopter groups so every seat has a view.
Coastal's differentiator is its pilot bench and local ownership. Its pilots log serious Alaska mountain hours year-round rather than just summer tour laps, and the operation's charter backbone means scheduling flexibility bigger tour mills cannot match. For visitors weighing identical-sounding glacier landings, the depth of flying experience is the quiet difference.
