do you need a pasport to travel to alaska?

Question by kathydoolittle: do you need a pasport to travel to alaska?

Best answer:

Answer by GPapenburg
Depends on your mode of travel:
direct flight from another U.S. state – no passport for U.S. citizens
land travel via Canada – passport required

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Comments (3)

  1. Ian M says:
    February 15, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    Depends on your nationality. USA Citizens just need ID. The rest need a passport and a visa

    Ian M

  2. Caity doodle says:
    February 15, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    last i checked alaska was still a state.
    so if you’re american, then you’re all set.
    but i’ll double check if its a state or not.

  3. David in Kenai says:
    February 15, 2012 at 7:00 pm

    The other answers to date are incomplete, so here goes:

    Over 16, US citizen, direct air flight 48 states to Alaska: government-issued photo ID to get on the plane. Usually a state driver’s license.

    Under-16, no ID needed the airilnes let you on without ID.

    Air flights with connections through Canada: you need a passport (book or card.)

    Land- (or sea-) entry Canada to USA: passport or a State Issued Enhanced Driver’s License (when available) or various US merchant marine, US military or tribal IDs.

    Under-16, land or sea: copy or original of birth certificate suffices. A passport works too.

    If you are not a US citizen, you need a valid passport with a valid visa (unless you qualify from the visa waiver program) to enter the USA from another country. But flying from Seattle or Salt Lake or Minneapolis to Anchorage is a domestic flight. A valid drivers license suffices to get on the plane.