Student Travel Planning

This page provides important information to help families plan travel to and from Sitka Fine Arts Camp, including arrival and departure timing, airport transportation, and travel guidelines for campers.

Traveling to Camp

Please review the information below carefully before making travel arrangements. These guidelines are designed to support a smooth arrival and departure process for campers and families.

Booking Travel: Book your summer travel as soon as possible as flights fill up quickly. Because camp activities begin at 1 PM, students should arrive in Sitka at or before 1 PM on Opening Day. Students who are unable to arrive before 1PM due to flight schedules or fully booked flights should arrive in Sitka the day before. See the chart below for further guidance:

After making travel arrangements for your student, fill out the travel form here.

Further Information on Travel

Arrival Days
Sitka Fine Arts Camp staff meet students at the airport to shuttle them to campus. Alternatively, parents may drop students off for registration.

Registration
When students arrive at camp, they will have an opportunity to notify their parents that they arrived safely and then will check in their cell phones and all other electronic devices for the duration of their session. SFAC staff will guide students through the registration process to pick up their name tag, receive their room assignment, turn in medication to the medical staff, and help them find their dorm to drop off luggage.
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Departure Days
There are no classes on Departure Days. SFAC staff shuttle students to the airport two or more hours before their flight and assist students with check in. Staff remain with students until the security checkpoint. If you are traveling home with your student on a flight before 9 AM please meet them at the airport. Parents/guardians wishing to pick up their student(s) from camp should check-out their student at 9 AM at the Sweetland Hall Student Support Center. Photo ID is required. SFAC cannot accommodate pick-ups before 9 AM.

​Getting to Sitka Fine Arts Camp
Sitka Fine Arts Camp offers complimentary shuttle service to and from the Sitka airport on all program arrival and departure dates, provided students have signed up for shuttle service on the travel form. Sitka Fine Arts Camp does not provide shuttle service for parents or other family members. If you are dropping your student off at camp, please plan to arrive during the scheduled registration window listed in your pre-camp email.

Unaccompanied Minor ("Junior Jetsetter") Requirements
Students age 12 and under are required by Alaska Airlines to fly as an unaccompanied minor through their Junior Jetsetter program unless they are flying with an accompanying adult.  See Alaska Airlines website for details. Families are required to pay round-trip fees for the Junior Jetsetter program before camp begins. If your student is older than 12, please do not book their ticket using this service because capacity is limited on each flight.

SFAC only offers pick up and drop off for students traveling with the Junior Jetsetters service at the Middle School Camp.

Discounts
Alaska Airlines offers a 5% discount for travel booked with the Fine Arts Camp discount codes​​. Enter your discount code when searching for flights. The following codes are valid for 2027 and may also be used by family members traveling to Sitka. Please note that two one-way tickets will be required if using two different codes:

  • ECMQ596 valid May 30 - June 12

  • ECMQ597 valid June 13-26

  • ECMQ598 valid June 27 - July 11

  • ECMQ599 valid July 12-18

  • ​ECMQ600 valid July 19 - August 2