Freezing nighttime temperatures have not stopped float flying in Southcentral Alaska, as activity at Lake Hood Seaplane Base continues to buzz like a beehive. As the leaves turn and fall on the ...

Today, the Lake Hood Seaplane Base is the busiest in the world, managing flights for Alaska's private pilots and regional flightseeing, fishing and bear-viewing companies. With more than 500 slips ...

When Tim Coon started his new job as manager of the world's busiest seaplane base a month ago, he was prepared for the jaw-dropping view at Lake Hood, but that didn't leave him any less appreciative.

During a tranquil moment at Lake Hood, the world’s largest seaplane base, a Piper PA-14 skims a watery runway Adam Wright / FlightDeckImages Anchorage is a city of airports. Approaching it from ...

Rude was flying from the lake to Anchorage’s Lake Hood Seaplane Base. Family members reported her overdue on the afternoon of her trip, and a family friend flew over the lake and spotted ...