Transportation
No roads connect Sitka to the rest of the State but it is easily accessible by air and water transportation. Alaska Airlines, the Alaska Marine Highway (ferry) System, three barge lines, major courier service such as USPS, FedEx and UPS all support Sitka's movement of both passengers and goods from or to the West Coast and the communities of Southeast Alaska.
Air Service 
Transportation is essential to economic development, and Sitka is fortunate to
have good access. Alaska Airlines provides multiple daily jet service and access to anywhere on the globe. Local air-freight service is provided through Alaska Airlines, United Parcel Service, Airborne, DHL and Federal Express.
Waterways
Sitka is the only Southeast Alaska port fronting on the Pacific Ocean. Also connected by water to Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage, Sitka serves as a natural link between overseas ships and domestic trade barge lines. The barge lines serving Sitka include Alaska Marine Lines, Northland Services and Samson Tug & Barge. The Sawmill Cove Industrial Park offers opportunities for future marine facilities and development of a deep-water port.
The Alaska Marine Highway
The Alaska Marine Highway System provides regularly scheduled ferry service on the scenic waters of Southeast Alaska. This cost-efficient transportation system provides an alternative means of access to Sitka and serves as Southeast Alaska's Interstate highway system. In 2010, 17,367 passengers and 4,969 vehicles disembarked the ferries in Sitka.
Two fast-vehicle ferries are the Fairweather and Chenega are now providing service between Sitka and Juneau with a running time of a little over four hours between ports.
Alaska Marine Lines (AML) is a marine transportation company that ships all types of freight to and from Southeast Alaska and the Yukon Territory of Canada, employing a full range of inter-modal service options and door-to-door, fully insured freight management services: full-container, less-than-container, freeze and chill, rolling stock and general break-bulk. AML is a part of the Lynden family of companies whose major customers are mostly retail businesses such as grocery stores. They also provide special services to support industries such as fishing, mining and timber. They operate year-round, departing Seattle every Wednesday arriving in Sitka on the following Monday and departs Seattle every Friday arriving in Sitka on Wednesday.
Northland Services, Inc., provides common carrier and contract barge transportation services between Seattle, Washington and points in Alaska. They have weekly departures to various Southeast Alaska ports, year-round sailings to Anchorage and seasonal sailings to Western Alaska. They also serve ports in Japan and Russia on a contract or inducement basis. Principle commodities transported to Alaska includes supplies for the fishing industry, construction materials, equipment and general re-supply items such as groceries, hardware and vehicles.
Samson Tug and Barge began as a horse and cart operation, which delivered materials and goods to Alaska mining camps. Known as Baggen Transfer, George Baggen Sr
. based the company in Juneau. In 1937, Baggen and his son George Jr. founded Samson Tug and Barge with a single tug providing freight hauling services throughout Southeast Alaska. Today the company has an extensive line of equipment. The company is headquartered in Sitka. Shipments leave Seattle/Sitka every other week in the winter months and weekly in the summer months.
Overnight Package Service From/To Sitka
United Parcel Service, Federal Express, Alaska Airlines, DHL Worldwide and United States Postal Service provide next day or two day service to and from Sitka. Because of its island location, ground transportation services in the usual sense for goods shipped by UPS are obviously not available. Alaska Airlines package service is to cities served only. United States Postal Service provides same day service to Anchorage and Seattle only. Federal Express provides next day service with a dedicated FedEx jet providing pick-up and delivery services.
Sitka's Rocky Gutierrez Airport
The Rocky Gutierrez Regional Airport in Sitka is a class one airport owned and operated by the State of Alaska and open 24 hours per day, seven days per week. The airport and runways are at sea level with a single 6,500-foot runway on compass approach positions 11 and 29. The airport has complete instrument approach systems including pilot activated lighting, GPS approach and LDA/DME approach systems.
The airport is served by Alaska Airlines, a major commercial carrier with connects to the West Coast, Chicago, Washington D.C., New York, Boston and Denver. Harris Aviation and Air Sitka provide small float-plane commuter service to the villages, camps and communities within Southeast Alaska. Private aircraft can receive FBO services through either Aero Services or Harris Aviation, including aviation gasoline, jet fuel and certified repair.
Harbors 
Harbors:
Thomsen Harbor, Eliason Harbor (North Thomsen Harbor), ANB Harbor, Crescent Harbor, Sealing Cove Harbor
Number of Permanent Slips 1,347
Permanent slip rate $1.90/foot/month
Seasonal Reserved Moorage available.
Transient slip rate
0' - 80' feet 35 cents/foot/day
81' - 150' feet 60 cents/foot/day
151' feet+ 90 cents/foot/day
Number of registered boats 2,020 (DMV 2010)
CLICK HERE for more information on Sitka's Harbors
VIEW OPPORTUNITY for new marina at Herring Cove.
Seaplane Terminal:
Public use, NW/SE, 4,000' x 200' water runway
Land
No roads connect the City and Borough of Sitka with other parts of the State.
National Highway System Miles 13.8 miles
Miles of Paved Local Roads 21.4 miles
Miles of Unpaved Local Roads 4.3 miles
Sitka is a Bicycle Friendly Community
O'Connell Bridge, the nation's first vehicular cable-stayed bridge, is located in Sitka.
Span: 1,255 feet with four 100-foot high slender steel pylons
City Transit System - Community Ride
Number of Registered Vehicles 9,695 (2010)
Passenger 4,733
Pick up 2,649
Others 2,313
