There are 3 ways to get from Ketchikan to Salt Spring Island by plane, ferry, car ferry, train, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Victoria International Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Ketchikan (KTN) to Victoria International Airport (YYJ)KTN - YYJ
- Take the ferry from Victoria to Fulford Harbour
12h 47m$119–599Fly to Ganges Harbor
cheapest- Fly from Ketchikan (KTN) to Ganges Harbor (YGG)KTN - YGG
18h 46m$115–615Car ferry, train, bus and ferry, ferry
- Take the car ferry from Ketchikan to Bellingham, WAJun
- Take the train from Bellingham Amtrak Station to Vancouver
- Take the busferry from Vancouver to Swartz Bay
- Take the ferry from Victoria to Fulford Harbour
2d 3h$286–879
Ketchikan (KTN) to Victoria International Airport (YYJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ketchikan to Salt Spring Island is to fly which costs $110 - $650 and takes 18h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Ketchikan to Salt Spring Island is to fly and ferry which takes 12h 47m and costs $110 - $600.
The distance between Ketchikan and Salt Spring Island is 986 km.
The best way to get from Ketchikan to Salt Spring Island without a car is to car ferry and train and bus and ferry and ferry which takes 2 days 3h and costs $280 - $900.
It takes approximately 12h 47m to get from Ketchikan to Salt Spring Island, including transfers.
Salt Spring Island is 1h ahead of Ketchikan. It is currently 11:04 AM in Ketchikan and 12:04 PM in Salt Spring Island.
There are 101+ hotels available in Salt Spring Island.
What companies run services between Ketchikan, AK, USA and Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada?
Alaska Airlines, Inc., Harbour Air Seaplanes, and WestJet fly from Ketchikan (KTN) to Ganges Harbor (YGG) 4 times a day.
- Website
- harbourair.com
Flights from Ketchikan to Ganges Harbor via Seattle, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Ketchikan to Ganges Harbor via Seattle, Victoria International Airport, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Ketchikan to Ganges Harbor via Juneau, Seattle, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Ketchikan to Ganges Harbor via Seattle, Portland, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Ketchikan to Ganges Harbor via Sitka, Seattle, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Ketchikan to Victoria International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Bellingham Amtrak Station to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888 788 8840
- reservations@bcfconnector.com
- Website
- bcfconnector.com
Busferry from Vancouver to Swartz Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://bcfconnector.com/
- Schedules at
- https://bcfconnector.com/bc-ferries-connector-schedules/
- Adult
- $30–45
- Phone
- 1-888-223-3779
- Website
- bcferries.com
Ferry from Victoria to Fulford Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–28
- Website
- https://www.bcferries.com
- Book at
- https://www.bcferries.com/RouteSelectionPage
- Schedules at
- https://www.bcferries.com/routes-fares/discover-route-map
- Standard Passenger
- $3–10
- Standard Vehicle + Passenger
- $20–28
- Phone
- +1 800-642-0066
- dot.amhs.customer@alaska.gov
- Website
- dot.alaska.gov
Car ferry from Ketchikan to Bellingham, WA
- Ave. Duration
- 41h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- https://dot.alaska.gov
- Schedules at
- https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/schedules.shtml
- Adult 12+
- $220–750
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