Getting There

Goodnews River Lodge is accessed by air charter from Anchorage.

From Anchorage, the lodge recommends their private charter Trans Northern. It is a two-hour non-stop flight and eliminates the hassle of flying through Bethel and into Goodnews, and is included in your trip cost. The Charter is a Super DC-3, operated by Trans-Northern Aviation. The aircraft has been totally renovated, with only 19 seats and plenty of room for gear. The flight is direct, non-stop from Ted Stevens Anchorage Airport to Goodnews Bay, and return. The flight leaves at 9:00 am on Wednesday mornings, and guests are asked to be at the airport by 8:00 am for processing. The gate currently being used is in the "A" concourse, located on the lower level of the airport on the far side of baggage claim, and does not require that the guest go through the normal security screening lines. Specifically, to find the gate: Very simply, as you face the terminal, the A gates are on the bottom level to the left at the very end. There are plenty of signs and they will not have to go through security. You’ll want to be dropped off at the very end of the terminal as your driver drives up on the upper or lower level, then follow the signs to Gate A 12.

Remember that you will be checking in at the gate, NOT at a ticket counter on the upper level. We will have a sign at the Gate saying TransNorthern with flight information. The plane will make the trip in slightly over two hours, and then the guests are transported from the airport directly to the camp via jet boat.The return trip on the following Wednesday leaves Goodnews Bay at approximately 12:00 pm, and arrives back in Anchorage by 3:00 pm. We ask that guests do not make reservations for their flights home before 7:00 pm that night. All of this is obviously dependent on the weather, and delays are not uncommon, but not too frequent either.