Wright Air Service is an American commuter airline based in Fairbanks,

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. It was established by Al Wright and started operations in

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. It is located off the east ramp near the Fairbanks International Airport. The president of the company was Robert Bursiel, but the company was recently bought out by a new owner in 2017.

History

Bob Bursiel, former president, started as a pilot for Wright's in 1968. As the company grew, more aircraft joined the fleet. Bursiel then became the owner of Wright's in 1982, changing the company's focus from game surveys, short fields, and Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction support, to carrying passengers and mail to the remote villages of Alaska.

Fleet

The Wright Air Service fleet includes the following aircraft: On 7 July 2020, Wright Air acquired 4 Cessna planes at

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's bankruptcy auction.

Destinations

Unloading our plane on the gravel runway

Wright Air Service operates scheduled passenger flights to the following locations in Alaska (as of July 2020): # Allakaket (AET) -

Allakaket Airport Allakaket Airport , is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north-northwest of the central business district of Allakaket, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is so ...

(to Bettles, Fairbanks) #

Atqasuk Atqasuk () is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 228 at the 2000 census and 233 as of the 2010 census. Geography Atqasuk is located at (70.477663, -157.418056), on the Meade River. According to the U ...

(ATK) - Atqasuk Airport (to Wainwright, Utqiagvik) # Anaktuvuk Pass (AKP) -

Anaktuvuk Pass Airport Anaktuvuk Pass Airport is a public use airport located in Anaktuvuk Pass, a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by North Slope Borough. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport ha ...

(to Bettles, Coldfoot, Fairbanks) # Arctic Village (ARC) -

Arctic Village Airport Arctic Village Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) southwest of the central business district of Arctic Village, a Native American village in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is ...

(to Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Venetie) # 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 ...

(to Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Fairbanks) # Coldfoot (CXF) - Coldfoot Airport # Chalkyitsik (CIK) -

Chalkyitsik Airport Chalkyitsik Airport is a state-owned public-use airport serving Chalkyitsik, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities and aircraft Chalkyitsik Airport has one runway designated 3/21 with a gravel surface meas ...

# Deadhorse (SCC) -

Deadhorse Airport Deadhorse Airport is a public airport located in Deadhorse on the North Slope of Alaska. It can be accessed from Fairbanks via the Elliott and Dalton highways. It is near Prudhoe Bay and is sometimes also called Prudhoe Airport. Facilities ...

(To Fairbanks, Nuiqsut, Utqiagvik) # Birch Creek (KBC) - Birch Creek Airport (to Fairbanks, Venetie) # Fairbanks (FAI) -

Fairbanks International Airport Fairbanks International Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Fairbanks, a city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of the United States state of Alaska. Fairban ...

(hub) #

Fort Yukon Fort Yukon (''Gwichyaa Zheh'' in Gwich'in) is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, straddling the Arctic Circle. The population, predominantly Gwich'in Alaska Natives, was 583 at the 2010 census, down from 595 ...

(FYU) -

Fort Yukon Airport Fort Yukon Airport
, published 15 March 152007 is a state-owned public-use

(to Arctic Village, Birch Creek, Fairbanks, Venetie) # Galena (GAL) - Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (to Kaltag) # Hughes (HUS) - Hughes Airport (to Fairbanks, Tanana) #

Huslia Huslia (; in Koyukon) is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. Rarely known as Hussliakatna, it is inhabited by Koyukuk-hotana Athabascans. The population was 293 at the 2000 census and 275 as of the 2010 census. ...

(HSL) -

Huslia Airport Huslia Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) east of Huslia, a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. Facilities Huslia Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 220 feet (6 ...

(to Fairbanks, Hughes, Tanana, Ruby) # Kaltag (KAL) - Kaltag Airport (to Nulato) # Koyukuk (KYU) - Koyukuk Airport (to Huslia) # Lake Minchumina (LMA) - Minchumina Airport (to Fairbanks) #

Nuiqsut Nuiqsut ( ik, Nuiqsat, ) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 433 at the 2000 census and 402 as of the 2010 census. Geography Nuiqsut is located at (70.216338, -151.005725). Nuiqsut is in the North Slop ...

(NUI) -

Nuiqsut Airport Nuiqsut Airport is a public use airport located in Nuiqsut, a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by North Slope Borough. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FA ...

(to Deadhorse, Utqiagvik) # Nulato (NUL) - Nulato Airport (to Koyukuk) #

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(PHO) - Point Hope Airport (to Point Lay, Utqiagvik) #

Point Lay, Alaska Point Lay (''Kali ''in Inupiaq- "Mound") is a census-designated place (CDP) in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 189, down from 247 in 2000. Geography and climate Point Lay is located at (69.7410 ...

(PIZ) - Point Lay Airport (to Point Hope, Utqiagvik) #

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(RBY) - Ruby Airport (to Fairbanks) # Tanana (TAL) - Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport (to Fairbanks, Hughes, Huslia) # Utqiagvik (BRW) - Wiley Post - Will Rogers Memorial Airport (hub) #

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 includ ...

(VEE) -

Venetie Airport Venetie Airport is a public use airport located in Venetie, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by the Venetie Tribal Government. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1 ...

(to Arctic Village, Birch Creek, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon) # Wainwright (AIN) - Wainwright Airport (to Atqasuk, Utqiagvik) Wright Air Service also provides charter service.

References

External links

Wright Air Service, Inc.

Photo of Wright Air Service terminal in Fairbanks

Wright Air Service photos
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