PSA: No Sand Point School Bus – 2022
The Sand Point School Bus is out of service due to a lack of driving personnel. Parents will have to drive their students to and from the Sand Point School until further notice.
PSA: City of Sand Point Travel Policy Update – Effective Immediately
Below is the new travel mandates for the City of Sand point, typed in text form for your convenience. You can find the original notice at the bottom of this post. Thank you.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY:
The City of Sand Point is asking everyone to self isolate upon arrival for a 7-day period and then get tested for COVID-19.
Regular activities may resume upon confirmation of a negative test result. This request does not apply to essential workers or those involved in the commercial fishing industry; State of Alaska health mandates cover those individuals, and relevant information for those workers can be found at covid19.alaska.gov.
Sand Point Airport
Sand Point PenAir Terminal: 907.383.6000
PenAir Saab 340
There is daily passenger and air cargo service from Sand Point. Peninsula Airways (PenAir) operates scheduled passenger service from the island to Anchorage, Cold Bay, King Cove and Dutch Harbor. PenAir, Alaska Central Express Air Cargo (ACE), Northern
Sand Point Airport
Air Cargo (NAC) and Everts Air Cargo all provide air cargo service. Kenai Float Planes in Nelson Lagoon and Security Aviation in Anchorage, as well as others offer charter flights from Sand Point. FedEx and UPS both deliver in Sand Point.
Robert E. Galovin Small Boat Harbor
Sand Point Harbormaster : 907.383.2331
City of Sand Point Fireboat "Rainmaker"
Sand Point’s Robert E. Galovin Harbor is home to one of the largest commercial fishing fleets in the Aleutian Islands chain. The Harbor encompasses 25 acres of waterfront with four docks and more than 130 boat slips. In addition, the City
Fishing Vessel Kona Rose (Kells Hetherington Photo)
Dock receives regular barge shipments and, during the summer months, welcomes the Alaska Marine Ferry Tustamena.
Fishing Vessel Advancer (Kells Hetherington Photo)
City of Sand Point: Transportation
Alaska Marine Highway / 800.642.0066
M/V Tustumena provides service from Homer – Kodiak – Sand Point – Dutch Harbor during Spring, Summer and Fall.