Everts Air

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Everts Air
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
5V VTS EVERTS
Founded1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Key peopleRobert W. Everts
Websitewww.evertsair.com

Everts Air is an American

charter airline cargo as well as passenger services within Alaska and Canada. Its main base is Fairbanks International Airport with its major hub at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
. The company slogan is Legendary Aircraft. Extraordinary Service.

History

A family-owned business run by

miners
in the remote places of Alaska. Since 1980, his father, Clifford R. Everts, has owned and operated Everts Air Fuel Inc., which specializes in airlifting flammable and hazardous materials.

In 1993 the airline, originally

Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
.

Operating the Douglas DC-6

Everts Air Cargo DC-6 lifting off at Anchorage

Since Northern Air Cargo abandoned their regular service with the Douglas DC-6, Everts Air Cargo is the last airline in the United States to operate scheduled flights with a rather large fleet of 60-year-old piston-powered aircraft. In a 2007 video interview, the Anchorage Station Manager stated that the DC-6 was still considered to be a valuable aircraft for operations in the harsh conditions of Alaska, with excellent landing and takeoff performance on gravel runways. The downside is the difficulty to find Avgas and the maintenance labor cost. Everts Air Cargo estimates a ratio of 12 hours of maintenance for every single flying hour. Spare parts could also be a problem but Everts Air Cargo anticipates they will have enough in stock to keep the last DC-6 flying beyond 2020.

Zero Gravity Corporation Boeing 727

Since 2015 Everts Air has operated a Boeing 727-227F for the

FAA
regulations, enabling the company to cater to both tourists and researchers alike.

Destinations

As of October 2011 Everts Air operates scheduled freight and passengers services to the following domestic destinations:

Fleet

Everts Air Cargo C-46
Everts Air Cargo Douglas DC-6
Everts Air Cargo MD-83

As of November 2018 Everts Air fleet includes:[4]

Twelve of the above aircraft (two DC-9, two MD-80, seven DC-6 and one C-46) are inactive or in storage.[when?]

In July 2020 Everts Air Cargo acquired six

Cessna 208 at Ravn Alaska's bankruptcy auction.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ "Tatonduk Flying Service". Airline History. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. ^ Jeff Foust (2014-12-14). "NASA Considering New Commercial Microgravity Flights". Spacenews.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  4. ^ "FAA Registered Aircraft, Dealers and Manufacturers in Fairbanks, Alaska (CESNA, BOEING, PIPER, BEECH, BEECHCRAFT, EMBRAER, AERONCA)". City-data.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  5. ^ "Southern California company will take over some RavnAir service after bankruptcy auction". adn.com. 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-10.

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