Travelers to Point Lay, AK have a few options for public transportation. The remote village is accessible only by air or sea. For air travel, the community is served by Alaska Airlines which provides scheduled flights between Anchorage and Point Lay twice a week. For those arriving by boat, there is no harbor but visitors can take advantage of small floatplane services or the local tugboat service which connects with Wainwright and Nuiqsut by way of the Arctic Ocean. Visitors can also take advantage of car rentals in Point Lay as well as taxi services that provide transport to other local communities on the North Slope.
The typical American commute has been getting longer each year since 2010. The average one-way commute in Point Lay takes 0.0 minutes. That's shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
How people in Point Lay get to work:
- 1.4% drive their own car alone
- 10.1% carpool with others
- 2.9% work from home
- 0.0% take mass transit