Getting There

Getting to the AWS camp is a great adventure, and a reminder of just how remote you truly are.

Guests will normally leave their home state early on a Friday and fly to Anchorage, and then catch one of the late afternoon or evening flights out to the little village of King Salmon. Here you will overnight. Once in King Salmon, contact the charter company, Egli Air Haul, at 907-246-3554 to let them know you have arrived (or you may press #20 at the airport terminal call-console). If you are overnighting in King Salmon Friday night, it is just a short walk away from the airport to your lodging.

The next morning (Saturday), Egli Air Haul will shuttle your party to their hangar, then transport you from King Salmon to the camp via bush plane. The flight is 1 to 1 1⁄2 hours, and 2-3 round-trips are required to get all guests/gear to camp. The landing strip at the camp is a portion of the tidal estuary where you will be fishing…so the charter company has a limited window (low tide) to get clients in, twice a day. Literally, you set down the plane on dry beach, go stow your gear and enjoy lunch, then walk back and hook silvers in two feet of water where the plane just was. Things change fast in the bush!

The flight from King Salmon to the camp is at first routine, then quickly turns spectacular as you fly through one of the many passes that connect the inland plains with the Pacific Ocean. The coastal range is absolutely gorgeous, and when you break through to the ocean itself, the view is breathtaking, giving you the feeling you have just flown through a portal to another world. And this just sets the tone for where you will be spending the following week.

At the conclusion of your week, Egli Air Haul will return for you (Saturday morning), so it will not be a fishing day. Please make your flight from King Salmon back to Anchorage departs no earlier than 4:30pm, as it will take several trips to transfer first guests, then all the luggage back from camp. Please note that if there are weather or other transportation delays which preclude flying the scheduled fixed wing charter to/from camp, a helicopter charter may be available at your choice (helicopters can comfortably fly in near zero visibility and/or weather that would be dangerous for fixed-wing aircraft). You will be responsible for the additional cost, should you choose this option.