Regal Air

If I could give a 10 star review I would. Our pilot, Dave, was a very nice man and a great pilot. It was my first time on a small aircraft and he flew the plane very smoothly all the way to lake Clark to see bears. Once we landed my party and I left to view bears, (we saw lots of bears) and when we returned our pilot had taken the time to search the beach for sea shells for my 8 year old sister. Then, a storm rolled in and we flew back, the flight was a little bumpy but Dave flew us all home through it, if it was not for that we would have had to stay over night in a remote cabin messing up the rest of our vacation. I would recommend this service.

Our flight to Clark Lake was cancelled and we were so bummed but the pilot Bill Star still took us out to sown other amazing locations and really personalized our time with him! I highly recommend flying with Regal Air!

We booked a bear viewing tour to Katmai National Park on Regal Air. It was more than a hundred dollars per person more than booking flights on Katmai Air through King Salmon, but I’d heard horror stories online about people who took Katmai Air getting stranded in King Salmon and getting little to no bear viewing time and not being given a refund. I thought, based on the itinerary on Regal Air’s website, that our flights on Regal Air would be direct from Anchorage to Katmai and would avoid the risk of getting stranded/​delayed (the itinerary says «Depart Anchorage: 8:00 AM, Land at Katmai: 10:45 AM» with no mention of a stopover). Imagine my surprise then, when we landed in King Salmon and were transferred to a Katmai Air floatplane for the flight to Katmai. My husband and I were looking at each other like «Did we just pay $ 300 for a boxed lunch?» That said, we got door-​to-​door service in King Salmon and were shuttled from our Anchorage-​King Salmon flight directly to weigh-​in and right onto a float plane to Katmai with almost no delay. I don’t know if we would have gotten the same service if we had booked with Katmai Air. We did get our promised 4 hours in the national park, although keep in mind that this can be as little as 2 hours on the bear viewing platforms once you factor in bear orientation and allowing for «bear jams» that prevent you from crossing the bridge to the platforms (of course, the platforms are not the only places to see bears — we saw them on the floatplane beach at both arrival and departure and on the bridge).
The floatplane flights were a lot of fun and not scary at all and the flight from Anchorage to King Salmon was smooth and filled with beautiful views of the Alaska range. On the return flight from King Salmon to Anchorage the pilot took a different route and flew through Lake Clark pass. I have no reason to believe it was actually dangerous and the pilot did not seem concerned (although a little verbal reassurance that we were not in any danger would have been nice), but our tiny plane was bouncing around like a kernel in a popcorn machine and getting what seemed to me to be insanely close to the sheer granite face of the mountain. I was absolutely terrified, so much so that we cancelled a planned flight-​seeing at Denali the next day. The scenery was breathtaking but I couldn’t enjoy it at all because I was so freaked out. I’m not a nervous flier at all (I normally fly around 50K miles/​year) but I have never been so glad to put my feet on solid ground. I also recommend bringing motion sickness meds if you’re prone to that.

Regal Air is awesome! We were in town and looking to see some glaciers and view the landscape from the air. Matt was very helpful with setting up our trip and Nick was an awesome pilot. We opted for the 90 minute trip and it was the perfect amount of time to see the dramatic Alaska landscape with lots of great narration from our pilot. The first day we booked wouldn’t have been the greatest ride, so it was suggested that it would be much better if we could wait another day — we did and the weather was absolutely perfect. We got a great tour of some glaciers with an epic water landing. This was a once in a lifetime experience and well worth the price, thank you Regal Air!