Travel in Alaska

Friday morning we packed a bag and wandered out to the airport, checked in with Frontier Flying Service, and climbed the stairs to a Beechcraft 1900C Airliner. As usual, I banged my head on the entryway above the door before I duck walked to a seat labeled 7E. Fairest of the Fair was in 7A, just to my left across the mini-aisle. I had both an aisle seat and a window. One seat left of the aisle, one on the right, makes a row on this slim bodied airplane. There are 19 seats for passengers in the aircraft. The cockpit door doesn't go all the way to the ceiling. No baggage search, no metal detectors, no body search, keep your shoes on, no hassle. Fairbanks to Anchorage is still about an hour, close to the time you would spend on a jet. The turbo-prop is a bit louder, but the ear plugs are free. The hour that you don't spend in security is well worth the bother.