Arctic Circle Air Service

Infobox Airline
airline=Arctic Circle Air Service
logo=ArtiucCircleAirLogo.jpg
logo_size=280
fleet_size=8
destinations=28
IATA=5F
ICAO=CIR
callsign=AIR ARCTIC
parent=
founded=1973
headquarters=Anchorage, Alaska, USA
key_people=
hubs=Anchorage International Airport
Fairbanks International Airport
focus_cities=
alliance=
website= http://www.arcticcircleair.com/

Arctic Circle Air Service is an American airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It operates scheduled commuter services and charter flights to over 65 Alaskan communities. It was established and started operations in 1973. Its main bases are Anchorage International Airport and Fairbanks International Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 76 | date= 2007-03-27]

Destinations

Arctic Circle Air Service operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of March 2008)Fact|date=April 2007: Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Anchorage, Arctic Village, Bettles, Chalkyitsik, Eagle, Ekwok, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Galena, Hughes, Huslia, Iliamna, Kaltag, Nulato, Rampart, Tanana, Venetie

Fleet

The Arctic Circle Air Service fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2008):

*2 Shorts 330-200's
*4 Cessna 402C's
*1 Beech King Air A90
*1 Piper Lance

Incidents and Accidents

* July 13, 1992: A Shorts SC-7 Skyvan operating Bethel-Chevak crashed upon takeoff from Bethel, fatally injuring the pilot. The cause of the crash was determined to be inadequate cargo restraints, which caused the weight of the cargo to shift.
[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19920713-1]
* March 25, 1997: A Shorts SC-7 Skyvan flying Nunapitchuk-Bethel collided with a Cessna 207 shortly after takeoff from Runway 36. Both pilots were fatally injured in the collision. The cause of the crash was the failure of both pilots to maintain proper visual procedures.
[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970325-0]
*February 20, 2007: The right main gear of a Cessna 402C collapsed upon landing in Cordova, AK. The failure of the right main landing gear linkage during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of directional control and the collapse of the right main landing gear. A factor associated with the accident was the failure of company maintenance personnel to comply with a non-manadatory maintenance service letter issued by the airplane manufacturer. The aircraft was totaled.
[http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?ev_id=20070308X00264&key=1]
* September 20, 2007: A Shorts SC-7 Skyvan flying Mystic Lake Lodge-Anchorage crashed upon takeoff from the Mystic Lake Lodge strip. The pilot was fatally injured. An investigation by the NTSB is underway and on-going.
* December 18, 2007: A Cessna 208 Grand Caravan flying Bethel-Hooper Bay crashed shortly after takeoff injuring the pilot and an additional employee who was on board at the time of the crash. An investigation by the NTSB is underway and on-going.
[http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/accident_incident/preliminary_data/media/F_1219_N.txt]

External links

* [http://www.arcticcircleair.com/ Arctic Circle Air Service]

References