A floatplane or helicopter tour over the Juneau Icefield is one of the most spectacular things you can do in Southeast Alaska. The city sits at the edge of one of the largest icefields in the world, and the view from above — glaciers flowing between mountain peaks, the surface of the icefield stretching to the horizon, the occasional blue pool of melt water — is genuinely hard to match. Multiple operators offer tours from Juneau ranging from 30-minute overflights to full glacier-landing experiences where you can walk on the ice.
Floatplane tours typically depart from the downtown waterfront seaplane base; helicopter tours from a pad near the airport. The landing-on-the-glacier option adds significantly to the cost but also to the experience — you gain a physical sense of the scale and texture of the ice that an overflight doesn't convey. Prices start around $200 for a basic flight and rise to $400+ for glacier landings. Weather can cancel tours with little notice, so building flexibility into your schedule is worth it.