Kitty Hawk Aircargo

Kitty Hawk Aircargo
Founded	1976 (as Kitty Hawk Airways)
Headquarters	Grapevine, Texas, U.S.
Website	Kha.com

For the Dallas, Texas, based airline that flew in 1978, see Kitty Hawk Airways.

Kitty Hawk Aircargo was an American

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and in Grapevine, Texas, U.S.^[2]^[3]^[4] It operated domestic scheduled overnight freight services, as well as air charter services. Its main base was Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, with a hub at Fort Wayne International Airport.^[5]

History

Convair 640 turboprop freighter of Kitty Hawk at Detroit's Willow Run Airport

in 1992

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On 15 October 2007 Kitty Hawk, Inc. filed again for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

On 29 October 2007 Kitty Hawk, Inc. announced it would cease all scheduled network Air and Ground operations, effective immediately, but that it would continue to operate air cargo charter shipments.^{[citation needed]}

On 20 November 2007 Kitty Hawk Air Cargo began flying for DHL for a two-week minimum, shipping DHL's freight domestically. This contract was for five Boeing 737-300s including keeping one at DHL's hub as a backup. Kitty Hawk continued this flying for four weeks.^{[citation needed]}

Kitty Hawk flew its last revenue flight, a Boeing 727 horse charter, on January 8, 2008 and its last ever flight the next day, ferrying the aircraft to Ardmore, Oklahoma.^{[citation needed]}

Destinations

Overnight cargo services were operated daily to the following domestic destinations:^{Washington, DC
.}
Freight services were operated to the following international destinations:^[6] San Juan, Puerto Rico and Toronto, Canada.
Additional interline partners used to service the following destinations:^Honolulu
.

Fleet

As of December 2007 the Kitty Hawk Aircargo fleet included:^[5]

**Kitty Hawk Aircargo Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Notes
Boeing 737-300SF	7
Boeing 727-200	7

As of November 17, 2007, the majority of the 727s from the Kitty Hawk fleet were being stored at Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma.^{[citation needed]}

Previously operated

As of March 2006 the airline operated:^[7]

18 Boeing 727-200F
7 Boeing 737-300SF
7
Convair 640
3
Lockheed L-1011F

References

^
ISBN 0-9653993-8-9. Archived from the original
on 2016-11-28.

^ "Kitty Hawk Overview". Kitty Hawk Aircargo. February 14, 1997. Archived from the original on February 14, 1997. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
^ "Trails" (PDF). City of Grapevine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-27. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
^ "Grapevine 1990 Tiger Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 101.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Flight International, 5–11 April 2005
^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006

External links

Kitty Hawk Aircargo (Archive)

[NAAH-1] 
ISBN 0-9653993-8-9. Archived from the original
on 2016-11-28.

[2] "Kitty Hawk Overview". Kitty Hawk Aircargo. February 14, 1997. Archived from the original on February 14, 1997. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

[3] "Trails" (PDF). City of Grapevine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-27. Retrieved December 10, 2009.

[4] "Grapevine 1990 Tiger Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved December 11, 2009.

[FI-5] "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 101.

[F5-6] Flight International, 5–11 April 2005

[7] Flight International, 3–9 October 2006

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