Alaska Plans Northernmost MAX Route

In the coming months, the Seattle-based carrier will add the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to one of its intra-Alaska routes.

Ryan Ewing

Friday, March 14, 2025 at 03:35 PM ET

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Alaska's first 737 MAX 8 spotted at Boeing's Renton factory. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | Katie Zera)

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Alaska plans to bolster its network within the airline’s namesake state. In the coming months, the carrier will add the Boeing 737 MAX to one of its intra-Alaska routes.

The type will begin regular service to the U.S.’s northernmost city, Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, this summer. As first flagged by Aeroroutes, the 737 MAX 8 will connect the city and Anchorage from June 12 to Aug. 19.

The aircraft will operate on the route once per day, complementing the other daily flight, which is flown by an Embraer E175.

Alaska’s Anchorage-to-Utqiaġvik route (Photo: GCMap)

According to Cirium Diio schedule data, Utqiaġvik is typically served with Boeing 737-800, 737-800, and E175 aircraft. The MAX 8 has flown to the city on a handful of one-off flights in 2024.

Alaska’s 737 MAX fleet also serves Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse, Alaska, on one-off flights from Anchorage. This is the aircraft’s second northernmost market.

Ryan Ewing

Ryan founded AirlineGeeks.com in February 2013 and has spent more than a decade covering the airline business. His work has been featured by CNN, WJLA, CNET, and Business Insider. His aviation experience spans airport operations, Part 135 regulatory compliance, and airline crew workforce planning, along with time behind the yoke of a Cessna 172 and interviews with airline executives. Ryan now serves as Group President of Firecrown Media’s Aviation Group. He holds a B.S. in Air Transportation Management and an MBA from Arizona State University and teaches Airline Management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.