During a tranquil moment at Lake Hood, the world’s largest seaplane base, a Piper PA-14 skims a watery runway Adam Wright / FlightDeckImages Anchorage is a city of airports. Approaching it from ...

and the buzz of aircraft coming and going became one of Anchorage's most notable features. Today, the Lake Hood Seaplane Base is the busiest in the world, managing flights for Alaska's private ...

The museum sits on the shores of Lake Hood, the busiest seaplane base in the world. Thanks to its proximity to the Anchorage airport (about 2 miles), the museum is a great place to start or end ...