( CNN ) A volcano in Russia led to the cancellation of flights in Alaska over the weekend . `` We canceled two roundtrip flights between Anchorage and Bethel , and Anchorage and Nome after an advisory of low visibility , '' Alaska Airlines spokeswoman Halley Knigge said . Ash from Russia 's Shiveluch volcano was the culprit behind the flight disruptions Saturday , said Jeff Freymueller , a scientist at the Alaska Volcano Observatory . The volcano erupted Friday , shooting ash into the atmosphere some 30,000 feet . Winds blew the ash cloud across the Bering Sea and into western Alaska , Freymueller said . Shiveluch , which has been erupting consistently , caused a similar incident in January , he said . The airline will only operate flights when it 's safe to do so and will not fly into areas of reported ash . Alaska Airlines was uncertain if additional flights would be canceled , but said it 's monitoring the situation . Three volcanoes are erupting on Russia 's Kamchatka Peninsula : Shiveluch , Klyuchevskoy and Karymsky . Volcano grows Japanese island .
Volcano shoots ash into the atmosphere some 30,000 feet . Winds blow ash cloud across the Bering Sea and into western Alaska .