Originally Posted by
SeeYa
If we are voting on this, I'd much prefer to take the 5pm flight & then spend 4 hrs in an Anchorage restaurant waiting for my 00:30 flight, instead of 2 hrs in Fairbanks, then a potentially delayed flight FAI-ANC, followed by pacing the ANC airport for 2 hrs trying to find something open.
Does anyone else have an opinion on this?
Completely agree with you. I think timing wise we'll have plenty of time to get back from Chena, enjoy lunch, and visit the museum at UA-Fairbanks or possibly do a short tour and still catch the 5pm.
It's a pretty small airport and there's not too much to do as I recall while waiting for boarding (though if the weather is decent, you get a nice view of Mt. McKinley/Denali off in the distance).
Everyone okay with the 5pm flight? Or rather, everyone okay with being dumped at the airport in FAI in time for the 5pm flight (so around 3:45pm/4pm)?