Editing Ketchikan, Alaska (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Puerto de Ketchikan, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-16, DD 49.jpg|thumb|Port of Ketchikan]]
[[File:Ketchikan, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-16, DD 03.jpg|thumb|Port of seaplanes, one of the main transportation means.]]
[[File:Ketichikan-Creek-Street.jpg|thumb|Looking down Creek Street, immediately outside of Ketchikan's downtown near the mouth of Ketchikan Creek.  Creek Street, along with a block of Fourth Avenue in [[Fairbanks]], were Alaska's two significant [[red-light districts]] until the passage of the Anti-Crib Laws in the early 1950s.]]

Ketchikan serves as both an air and marine transportation hub for southern [[Alaska Panhandle|Southeast Alaska]].

The [[Ketchikan International Airport]] serves as both a gateway for [[Alaska Airlines]] nonstop jet service to and from [[Seattle]], [[Juneau]], [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]] and [[Wrangell, Alaska|Wrangell]], with direct service to [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], and as a bush carrier and charter aircraft hub for destinations such as [[Hyder, Alaska|Hyder]], [[Metlakatla, Alaska|Metlakatla]] and [[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales Island]] communities. Flying time to/from Seattle, Washington is approximately ninety minutes, making Ketchikan easily accessible to travelers from the continental U.S. [[Delta Air Lines]] began operating seasonal service to Seattle in May 2015.

Ketchikan receives service from two separate ferry lines. Ketchikan is a major port along the [[Alaska Marine Highway System]]'s [[Inside Passage]] route. Vessels depart northbound to Alaskan ports of call and southbound to [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia]], a six-hour trip, &mdash; where a connection can be made to the [[BC Ferries]] system &mdash; and [[Bellingham, Washington]], a thirty-six-hour voyage. Sailings depart several times each week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/|title=Alaska Marine Highway System – Official site of the Alaska DOT&PF|work=state.ak.us}}</ref> Ketchikan also sees regular day service from the Alaska Marine Highway vessel [[M/V Lituya|M/V ''Lituya'']], a day boat that shuttles between its homeport in Metlakatla, AK and Ketchikan.

The [[Inter-Island Ferry Authority]] serves Ketchikan with daily service from its homeport in [[Hollis, Alaska|Hollis]] on Prince of Wales Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interislandferry.com/|title=Welcome To Alaska's Inter-Island Ferry Authority|work=interislandferry.com}}</ref>