There are 8 ways to get from Portland to Skagway by plane, car ferry, train, car, or bus
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Fly Portland International Airport to Juneau International Airport, car ferry
best- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Juneau International Airport (JNU)plane PDX - JNU
- Take the car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagwaycarferry
13h 52m$140–644Fly Portland International Airport to Skagway Airport
cheapest- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Skagway Airport (SGY)plane PDX - SGY
8h$103–553Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Portland to Bellingham Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the car ferry from Bellingham, WA to Juneaucarferry Bel
- Take the car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagwaycarferry Jnu
3d 2h$306–966Drive 1,778.3 mi
- Drive from Portland to Skagwaycar 1,778.3 mi
34h 57m$325–469Fly Portland International Airport to Haines Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Haines Airport (HNS)plane PDX - HNS
- Take the car ferry from Haines to Skagwaycarferry
10h 33m$108–571Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Juneau International Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Juneau International Airport (JNU)plane SEA - JNU
- Take the car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagwaycarferry
15h 11m$144–539Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Skagway Airport
- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Skagway Airport (SGY)plane SEA - SGY
8h 57m$107–458Fly Portland International Airport to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport, bus
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport (YXY)plane PDX - YXY
- Take the bus from Whitehorse, YT to Skagway, AKbus
14h 34m$297–777
Portland International Airport (PDX) to Juneau International Airport (JNU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Skagway is to train and fly which costs $100 - $460 and takes 8h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Skagway is to fly which takes 8h and costs $100 - $600.
The distance between Portland and Skagway is 1127 miles. The road distance is 1788.7 miles.
The best way to get from Portland to Skagway without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 3 days 2h and costs $300 - $1,000.
It takes approximately 13h 52m to get from Portland to Skagway, including transfers.
Skagway is 1h behind Portland. It is currently 8:21 AM in Portland and 7:21 AM in Skagway.
Yes, the driving distance between Portland to Skagway is 1789 miles. It takes approximately 34h 57m to drive from Portland to Skagway.
There are four+ hotels available in Skagway.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Skagway, AK, USA?
Alaska Airlines, Inc., Air Excursion, and two other airlines fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Skagway Airport (SGY) twice daily.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ketchikan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–370
- Website
- flyalaskaseaplanes.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Skagway Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Portland International Airport to Haines Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Skagway Airport via Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Skagway Airport via Anchorage, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Skagway Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Portland International Airport to Haines Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Skagway Airport via Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Skagway Airport via Anchorage, Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- flyairnorth.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juneau International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Juneau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Portland to Bellingham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–150
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Portland to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800 343 7373
- info@wpyr.com
- Website
- wpyr.com
Bus from Whitehorse, YT to Skagway, AK
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170
- Website
- https://wpyr.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-642-0066
- dot.amhs.customer@alaska.gov
- Website
- dot.alaska.gov
Car ferry from Juneau, AK to Skagway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–70
- Website
- https://dot.alaska.gov
- Schedules at
- https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/schedules.shtml
- Adult 12+
- $20–70
Car ferry from Bellingham, WA to Juneau
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 11h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- https://dot.alaska.gov
- Schedules at
- https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/schedules.shtml
- Adult 12+
- $220–750
Car ferry from Haines to Skagway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $3–16
- Website
- https://dot.alaska.gov
- Schedules at
- https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/schedules.shtml
- Adult 12+
- $3–16
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