Arctic Circle Air
Arctic Circle Air was an American airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. It operated scheduled commuter services and charter flights to over 16 Alaskan communities. It was established and started operations in 1973. Its main base was Fairbanks International Airport.[1]
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Founded | 1973 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2011 (bought by Marianas Harvests from Era Alaska) | ||||||
Focus cities | Fairbanks Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
Destinations | 9 | ||||||
Headquarters | Saipan, United States |
Acquisition Merger
In October 2009 Arctic Circle Air was acquired by the parent company of Frontier Alaska. Arctic Circle Air was merged into the Era Alaska operation. Era Alaska is the renamed operation of Frontier Alaska now that it has been blended into the operating certificate of Era Aviation. In 2011 Arctic Circle Air's certificate was obtained by Marianas Harvests in Guam to provide service throughout the island areas of Guam, with no association with Era Alaska or Frontier Alaska.[2]
Fleet
- 2 Britten-Norman BN-2Ts
- Beech King Air
- Cessna 207
- Cessna 402 Utiliner
- Embraer Bandeirante
- Piper Lance
- Short C-23 Sherpa
- Short Skyvan
- Short 330[3]
Destinations
Arctic Circle Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (Ended as of November 2009).
- Allakaket (AET) - Allakaket Airport
- Anaktuvuk Pass (AKP) - Anaktuvuk Pass Airport
- Arctic Village (ARC) - Arctic Village Airport
- Bettles (BTT) - Bettles Airport
- Chalkyitsik (CIK) - Chalkyitsik Airport
- Eagle (EAA) - Eagle Airport
- Fairbanks (FAI) - Fairbanks International Airport
- Fort Yukon (FYU) - Fort Yukon Airport
- Galena (GAL) - Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport
- Hughes (HUS) - Hughes Airport
- Huslia (HSL) - Huslia Airport
- Kaltag (KAL) - Kaltag Airport
- Nulato (NUL) - Nulato Airport
- Rampart (RMP) - Rampart Airport
- Tanana (TAL) - Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport
- Venetie (VEE) - Venetie Airport
References
- "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 76.
- "Arctic Circle Airlines Begins Operations In CNMI". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- "Arctic Circle Air". airliners.net. Retrieved 21 November 2020.