Alaska Chapter 99s

03/22/2026

Our 2026 Scholarship competition was announced to all Chapter members via email!! This year we're giving away $1,500 and the application is due April 15. Applicants must live in Alaska and be a 99s member. Email our chair if you did not receive an application already.

02/19/2026

Dear Members, please come join us Wednesday, February 25 at 6pm at Piper's restaurant in Anchorage for our monthly meeting. We'll talk about the FAA's new Visual Weather Observing Systems and updates and expansion of the Automated Weather Observing Systems as well as changes to some of the products at the NWS Alaska Aviation Weather Unit and proposed changes to Anchorage airspace.

10/08/2025

Alaska Chapter 99s, please join us on Oct 22 at 6pm at Piper's Restaurant and online for a presentation by local pilot, photographer, podcaster Katie Writer on "Aerial Photography and Airplane Ownership: How to Fuel Your Passion." Learn more about Katie's company Visionary Adventures and her Climate and Aviation podcast at katiewritergallery.com Chapter members will receive an email with zoom link.

09/24/2025

Don't forget the upcoming presentation by two of our many outstanding members of the Alaska 99s! Lindsey and Rebecca will talk about scientific aviation with NOAA and their subsequent flying careers. Wednesday Sept 24, 6pm at Piper's restaurant. Members will receive an email for a zoom option, but in-person attendance is recommended.

09/11/2025

Please join us for our next meeting on Wednesday, Sept 24, at 6pm at Piper's restaurant on Lake Hood in Anchorage. We'll be hearing about the adventures of two of our amazing chapter members, Lindsey Norman and Rebecca Waddington, about flying NOAA's Hurricane Hunter and other science missions before transitioning to the majors.

08/20/2025

Calling all current members and those who might be curious! We are getting this 99s chapter active again. Please join us on August 27th at Piper's Restaurant in Anchorage (Coast Inn) from 6-8 for our ANNUAL MEETING to elect new officers. Zoom option is available, contact [email protected]. Bring your programming ideas, expand your network, and catch up with your aviation gals! Please RSVP to the email above.

03/14/2024

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04/06/2023

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is hiring an Airplane Pilot. The position will be based out of Fairbanks, Alaska. Here are a few job responsibilities the position will be responsible for:
- Serve as pilot-in-command of single engine, wheel, float, fixed-wing aircraft.
- Conduct flights from designated Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airfields, and non-designated landing strips (gravel bars, beaches, ridge tops, lakes and rivers, etc.) of restricted size in isolated areas.
AND much, much more! See job announcement on USAJOBS for more details.

Links to apply on USAJOBS:
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/716505100
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/716504300

The application period closes on April 14, 2023.

(USFWS photo/Photo of airplane on gravel bar with mountains and blue skies in background).

09/22/2022

09/09/2021

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07/28/2021

Staff at the McNeil River field camp has informed the FAA that several aircraft have made low-level flights over the McNeil River and McNeil River lagoon, within the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary in lower Kamishak Bay, Alaska at low altitudes.

McNeil River is part of the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary and supports one of the largest congregations of brown bear in the world. The State of Alaska operates a bear viewing program at the site where the public is near numerous wild brown bears. The State has established a permit program which regulates human activities in the sanctuary and limits access within the sanctuary, requiring a permit for access and landings. While the overflight does not constitute a violation of State of Alaska sanctuary access regulations; it is an incursion into the flight advisory area that we have jointly developed with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prevent disturbance at the site.

The FAA flight advisory requests pilots to maintain a minimum altitude of 1,000 feet above ground level within a 2-mile radius of McNeil River Falls located 1 mile upstream from the mouth of McNeil River to minimize disturbance to concentrations of brown bears during the period June 15 through September 15. Figure 1 attached illustrates the boundaries of this 2-mile area.

You can access the FAA advisory on this at: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/systemops/fs/alaskan/advisories/parks/

Avoiding the area by a wider margin would be appreciated when weather permits. This flight advisory, and the State of Alaska access restrictions are in place to protect these concentrations of brown bears from disturbances. A very important aspect of that is to also avoid the safety issues of bears startled by low flying aircraft running into groups of visitors which could cause serious injury to the public in the viewing group. I would appreciate it if you could take a moment to consider this and make sure that your pilots are aware of and have reviewed the FAA Alaska flight advisories when next transiting the area.

If you have any questions on the McNeil River restrictions, visiting the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary or would like to discuss the matter more, please contact:
Department of Fish and Game Alaska
Edward W. Weis, Lands & Refuges Manager
[email protected]
Phone: (907) 267-2257

Friends of McNeil River McNeil River State Game Sanctuary

12/08/2020

To all of our flying ladies!

Alaska Airmen’s Scholarships 2021 Scholarship Season The Alaska Airmen’s are proud to support the growth of aviation as an industry and lifestyle. We partner with aviation legends to award multiple scholarships each year, designed with the next generation of aviators in mind. We all know how ....