Everts Air is an American

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based in

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. It operates scheduled and

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as well as

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services within Alaska and

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. Its main base is

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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 Robert W. Everts who created Tatonduk Flying Service in 1977 with a single

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aircraft to provide air transportation for 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 Federal Aviation Regulations Part 135 certified (Commuter and On-Demand Operations), became FAR Part 121 certified (Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations) as Tatonduk Outfitters Limited purchased Everts Air. With the introduction of larger aircraft like the Douglas DC-6B and Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando the company split between

Everts Air Alaska Everts Air is an American airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It operates scheduled and charter airline cargo as well as passenger services within Alaska and Canada. Its main base is Fairbanks International Airport with its major h ...

and Everts Air Cargo.

Operating the Douglas DC-6

Everts Air Cargo DC-6 lifting off from ANC (IMG 1390a)

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

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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 Zero Gravity Corporation (also known as ZERO-G), which previously operated with

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. The aircraft is based in the

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and operates weightless flights. Unlike

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, ZERO-G is governed under Part 121 of

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

Destinations

Everts Air operates scheduled freight and passengers services to the following domestic destinations: *

Allakaket Allakaket ( ) (''Aalaa Kkaakk’et'' in Koyukon) is a second class city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 105 at the 2010 census. History and culture Several Native gr ...

(AET) - Allakaket Airport *

Anaktuvuk Pass The Anaktuvuk Pass ("the place of caribou droppings", el. 2,200 ft.) is a mountain pass located in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in North Slope Borough in northern Alaska. The Anaktuvuk Pass is in the Brooks Range which divi ...

(AKP) - Anaktuvuk Pass Airport *

Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...

(ANC) - Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (hub) * Aniak (ANI) -

Aniak Airport Aniak Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Aniak, Alaska, Aniak, a city in the Bethel Census Area, Alaska, Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Its location on the Kuskokwim River also allows for the landing of seapl ...

* Arctic Village (ARC) - Arctic Village Airport *

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(BRW) -

Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, often referred to as Post/Rogers Memorial, is a public airport located in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), the largest city and borough seat of the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The ai ...

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(WBQ) -

Beaver Airport Beaver Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located in the village of Beaver in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities and aircraft Beaver Airport covers an area of and has one runway designated 5/23 wi ...

Bethel Bethel ( he, בֵּית אֵל, translit=Bēṯ 'Ēl, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; el, Βαιθήλ; la, Bethel) was an ancient Israelite sanct ...

(BET) -

Bethel Airport Bethel Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 kilometre, km) southwest of the central business district of Bethel, Alaska, Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area, Alaska, Bethel Census Area of the ...

* Bettles (BTT) -

Bettles Airport Bettles Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Bettles, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities and aircraft Bettles Airport covers 1,195 acres which contains one runway designated 1 ...

* Dillingham (DLG) - Dillingham Airport *

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(EAA) -

Eagle Airport Eagle Airport is a state-owned public airport two miles east of Eagle, in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of Alaska. Facilities and aircraft Eagle Airport covers at an elevation of 908 feet (277 m) above mean sea level. Its one runway, ...

* Emmonak (EMK) -

Emmonak Airport Emmonak Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Emmonak, a city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airpo ...

(FAI) -

(hub) * Fort Yukon (FYU) - Fort Yukon Airport *

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(GAL) -

Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Galena, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 7,784 passenger boardings ...

* Iliamna (ILI) -

Iliamna Airport Iliamna Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (5.5 km) west of the central business district of Iliamna, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities Iliamna Airport has tw ...

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(AKN) - King Salmon Airport (hub) *

Kotzebue Kotzebue ( ) or Qikiqtaġruk ( , ) is a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the County seat, borough's seat, by far its largest community and the economic and transportation hub of the subregion of Alaska en ...

(OTZ) -

Ralph Wien Memorial Airport Ralph Wien Memorial Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located on the south side of Kotzebue, a city on the Baldwin Peninsula in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities and aircraft Ralph Wien Memorial Ai ...

* Lake Minchumina (MHM/LMA) -

Minchumina Airport Minchumina Airport is a state-owned public-use airport serving Lake Minchumina, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also known as Lake Minchumina Airport. In the past, the airport used MHM IATA code. Scheduled ...

* Nome (OME) - Nome Airport *

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(SCC) - Deadhorse Airport * St. Mary's (KSM) - St. Mary's Airport * Unalakleet (UNK) -

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Venetie Venetie ( ;Corey Goldberg," ''New York Times'', 9 May 1997. ''Vįįhtąįį'' in Gwich’in), is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. At the 2010 census, the population was 166, down from 202 in 2000. It include ...

(VEE) - Venetie Airport

Fleet

Everts Air Cargo C-46 leaving ANC for the Bush (6479960089)

Everts Air fleet includes: * 2

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configured to carry fuel for Everts Air Fuel operations * 1 Boeing 727-227F operated for Zero Gravity Corporation * 1

* 1

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H * 1 Cessna C208B Grand Caravan * 1 Curtiss-Wright C-46D * 1 Curtiss-Wright C-46F * 2 Curtiss-Wright C-46R * 6

Douglas DC-6A The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, it was reworked after the war to compete with th ...

* 2

Douglas DC-6B The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, it was reworked after the war to compete with ...

* 2 Douglas DC-9-32F * 6 Douglas DC-9-33F * 2

Douglas DC-9-41 The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was initially produced by the developer company as the Douglas DC-9 until August 1967 and then by McDonnell Douglas. After ...

* 7 Douglas C-118A * 3 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia * 2

McDonnell Douglas MD-82 The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second gener ...

* 6

McDonnell Douglas MD-83 The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second gener ...

* 2 Pilatus PC-12/47 * 2 Piper PA-32R-300 Twelve of the above aircraft (two DC-9, two MD-80, seven DC-6 and one C-46) are inactive or in storage. In July 2020 Everts Air Cargo acquired six Cessna 208 at Ravn Alaska's bankruptcy auction.

References

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External links

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