Alaska Airlines Will Operate The Longest Boeing 737 Flight Of Any US Carrier With 3,622-Mile Route To Iceland

Alaska Airlines will operate the longest Boeing 737 flight of any US carrier with the launch of a new non-stop route between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Reykjavík from May 2026.

Passengers will have to forego the comforts of a widebody aircraft for the 3,622-mile flight, which will take around seven hours and 25 minutes on the outbound and as long as seven hours and 55 minutes for the return flight to Seattle.

Alaska Airlines is planning to make any changes to its standard domestic configuration for the Boeing 737MAX-8 planes that will operate this route, so which means no seatback screens and limited food and drink in Economy.

The carrier is, however, going to make in-flight Wi-Fi free for all passengers on these flights, and a refreshed First Class dining experience that’s coming to all of the carrier’s Boeing 737 fleet should make the experience slightly more bearable for the 12 passengers sitting in the domestic First Class recliners at the front of the plane.

Operating as a summer seasonal route, the new non-stop flights will start on May 28, 2026, forming part of the carrier’s ambitious bid to turn its home in Seattle into a new international hub for the carrier.

Thankfully, Seattle to Reykjavík is the only long-haul flight that the airline plans to operate on a single-aisle jet (at least for now), with Alaska Airlines planning to operate Boeing 787 Dreamliners for new routes between Seattle and Rome and London Heathrow beginning in May 2026.

Within the next four years, the carrier is hoping to have launched 12 long-haul international routes. The world will, however, see a different version of Alaska Airlines than how it presents itself closer to home.

Alaska Airlines has ditched the iconic Eskimo character from the tailfin of its Dreamliners, instead opting for a Northern Lights-inspired swoosh of colors across the fuselage and tail.