In a village in rural Alaska, these kids' school bus is an airplane

Alaska Public Media | By Rachel Cassandra

Published May 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM EDT

In most school districts, kids take a bus to school. But in the rural Alaska village of South Naknek -- pilot Jon King has been flying kids to school almost every school day for the last four decades.

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