A week at Rainbow River Lodge begins on a Saturday and ends on Friday. You must arrive in Anchorage from your home city no later than 2:00pm or plan to spend the first night. You will take a cab to the Iliamna Air Taxi office (907-571-1248) located at Merrill Field Airport in the Signature Flight Support Hangar at 3600 Old International Airport Road. Your charter flight to Iliamna usually leaves Anchorage at about 4:00pm, so be sure to arrive at least 45 minutes earlier for check-in. Luggage is limited to 70-pounds per person. Your flight will be reserved by the lodge in advance but you must pay for your ticket there at the airport (approx. $400 roundtrip). Flying time to Iliamna is about 45 minutes and is extremely scenic, particularly through Lake Clark Pass. At Iliamna your plane will be met by a RRL pilot, who will fly you by floatplane to the lodge (about 30 minutes away). Your return flight the following Saturday usually leaves Iliamna about 7:00pm arriving in Anchorage about 8:00pm, in time to transfer to the Ted Stevens International Airport for flights leaving Alaska any time after 10:30pm. That return schedule runs an hour earlier in September.