Bering Air is an American

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headquartered in Nome,

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

, United States. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and charter airline services, as well as

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and

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services. Its main base is

Nome Airport Nome Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Nome, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Administration reco ...

, with hubs at

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 ...

(

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 ...

) and

Unalakleet Airport Unalakleet Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) north of the central business district of Unalakleet, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities and aircraft Unalakleet Air ...

History

In early 1975, Jim Rowe and three college friends embarked on a journey from northern Michigan, and traveled across

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in a

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, landing in Mexico's Baja California peninsula, and eventually settling on the beaches of

Nome, Alaska Nome (; ik, Sitŋasuaq, ) is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of Alaska, United States. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. It had a population of 3,699 recorded ...

. A few years later, in September 1979, Bering Air was established. It commenced operations on October 3, 1979, with a single

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. Later, in 1983, with instigation of the increasingly popular bypass mail system, the airline added other small aircraft, including the

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, and

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. Bering Air, in favor of modern,

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powered aircraft, later phased out aircraft equipped with radial engines. Thus, the Beechcraft King Air 200,

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, and

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were introduced. Furthermore, off airport duties were transferred to

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, instead of older piston powered aircraft. In 2015, the airline upgraded its fleet with eight Cessna 208EX Grand Caravan aircraft replacing its older Cessna 208B aircraft. Today, the airline is wholly owned by Jim Rowe (President) and Christine Rowe. In July 2020 Bering Air bought at Ravn Alaska's bankruptcy auction the facilities in Aniak, Kotzebue, Nome and Unalakleet.

Fleet

As of January 2022, the Bering Air fleet consists of the following aircraft: Beechcraft 1900 of Bering Air

Bering Air Cessna (Quintin Soloviev - QFS Aviation)

Retired fleet

Bering Air has previously operated the following aircraft:

Community services

Bering Air, along with

Grant Aviation Grant Aviation is a regional airline that serves the town of Kenai, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Bristol Bay, and the Aleutian Chain in Alaska, United States. The airline was formed in 1971 as Delta Air Services based in Emmonak, Alaska, Emmonak. T ...

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, and

Ryan Air Services Ryan Air, Inc. is an American airline that serves over 70 villages in Bush Alaska out of hubs in Anchorage, Aniak, Bethel, Emmonak, Kotzebue, Nome, St. Mary's, and Unalakleet. Offering primarily cargo services, Ryan Air also operates s ...

, participates in the Flying Can service, which allows rural Alaskan communities to recycle aluminum cans and now number 1

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bottles in cooperation with

Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...

. Bering Air provides free delivery on scheduled flights for Airport Pizza, a

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at Nome Airport that takes orders from remote locations served by Bering Air.

Destinations

Passenger and cargo charter services are flown from Kotzebue and Nome to destinations throughout the

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Domestic

Bering Air offers scheduled passenger service to 29 cities in Western Alaska from hubs in Nome, Kotzebue and Unalakleet. # Ambler (ABL) –

Ambler Airport Ambler Airport ( Iñupiaq: ''Ivisaappaat Mirviat'') is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Ambler, a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alask ...

# Brevig Mission (KTS) –

Brevig Mission Airport Brevig Mission Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Brevig Mission, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 2,696 passenger boardings (enpla ...

# Buckland (BKC) –

Buckland Airport Buckland Airport (; Iñupiaq: ''Nunatchiam Mirvia'' or ''Kaŋium Mirvia'') is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Buckland, a city in the Northwest Arctic Borou ...

# Cape Lisburne (LUR) –

Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport is a military airport located on Cape Lisburne, at the northwest point of the Lisburne Peninsula in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by the U.S. Air Force. It is also known as C ...

# Deering (DRG) –

Deering Airport Deering Airport ( Iñupiaq: ''Ipnatchiam Mirvia'') is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Deering, a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of A ...

# Elim (ELI) –

Elim Airport Elim Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Elim, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. This airport is included in the FAA's N ...

# Gambell (GAM) –

Gambell Airport Gambell Airport is a public airport located in Gambell, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by the state. Facilities Gambell Airport covers an area of which contains one asphalt and concrete paved r ...

# Golovin (GLV) –

Golovin Airport Golovin Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Golovin, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,753 passenger boardings (enplanements) in cale ...

# Kiana (IAN) –

Bob Baker Memorial Airport Bob Baker Memorial Airport is a public airport located one mile (2 km) north of the central business district of Kiana, a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by the state. Facilities Bo ...

Kivalina Kivalina ( ik, Kivalliñiq) is a city and village in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 377 at the 2000 census and 374 as of the 2010 census. The island on which the village lies is threatened by rising sea ...

(KVL) –

Kivalina Airport Kivalina Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Kivalina, a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities Kivalina Airport has one runway (12/30) with a gravel surface measuring 3,000 x 60 ...

# Kobuk (OBU) –

Kobuk Airport Kobuk Airport ( Iñupiaq: ''Laugviik Mirviak'') is a state-owned public-use airport located in Kobuk, a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,176 passeng ...

(OTZ) –

# Koyuk (KKA) –

Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Koyuk, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport covers an area of which contains one runway designated 1/19 w ...

# Noatak (WTK) –

Noatak Airport Noatak Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Noatak, in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state in Alaska. Facilities Noatak Airport has one ...

# Nome (OME) –

# Noorvik (ORV) –

Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) north of the central business district of Noorvik, a village in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Fede ...

Point Hope Point Hope ( ik, Tikiġaq, ) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 674, down from 757 in 2000. In the 2020 Census, population rose to 830. Like many isolated communities in Alaska, the c ...

(PHO) –

Point Hope Airport Point Hope Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) southwest of the central business district of Point Hope, a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Point Hope is located in the Lisburne ...

# St. Michael (SMK) –

St. Michael Airport St. Michael Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of St. Michael, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities St. Michael Airport ...

# Savoonga (SVA) –

Savoonga Airport Savoonga Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Savoonga, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Savoonga is located on St. Lawrence I ...

# Selawik (WLK) –

Selawik Airport Selawik Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Selawik, a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities Selawik Airport has two gravel surfaced runway According to the International ...

Shaktoolik Shaktoolik ( ik, Saktuliq, ; russian: Шактулик) is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 251, up from 230 in 2000. Shaktoolik is one of a number of Alaskan communities threatened by erosi ...

(SKK) –

Shaktoolik Airport Shaktoolik Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) northwest of the central business district of Shaktoolik, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities Shaktoolik Airport ...

Shishmaref Shishmaref ( ; ik, Qigiqtaq, ; rus, Шишмарёв, p=ʂɨʂmɐˈrʲɵf) is a City (Alaska), city in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is located on Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of ...

(SHH) –

Shishmaref Airport Shishmaref Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district of Shishmaref, a village in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has one asphalt paved runway d ...

# Shungnak (SHG) –

Shungnak Airport Shungnak Airport ( Iñupiaq: ''Isiŋnam Mirvia'' or ''Nuurviuram Mirvia'') is a state-owned public-use airport located in Shungnak, a city in the Northwest Arctic of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities Shungnak Airport has one runway desig ...

# Stebbins (WBB) –

Stebbins Airport Stebbins Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Stebbins, in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. Facilities Stebbins Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 14 feet (4 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway ...

# Teller (TLA) –

Teller Airport Teller Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Teller, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities and aircraft Teller Airport ha ...

# Tin City (TNC) – Tin City LRRS Airport #

Unalakleet Unalakleet ( ; ik, Uŋalaqłiq, ; russian: Уналаклит) is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States, in the western part of the state. At the 2010 census the population was 688, down from 747 in 2000. Unalakleet is known in the ...

(UNK) –

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(WAA) – Wales Airport # White Mountain (WMO) – White Mountain Airport

Former destinations

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(CIL) –

Council Airport Council Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) north of the central business district of Council, in the Nome Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities Council Airport covers an area of ...

Diomede Diomede (; Ancient Greek: Διομήδη ''Diomēdē'') is the name of four women in Greek mythology: * Diomede, daughter of Xuthus. She married Deioneus, king of Phocis, and was the mother of Cephalus, Actor, Aenetus, Phylacus and Asterodia. ...

(DIO) – Diomede Island Airport (ice runway, winter only) #

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(KPC) –

Port Clarence Coast Guard Station Port Clarence Coast Guard Station is a private-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Port Clarence in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the U.S. Governmen ...

International

Bering Air offers charter service from Nome and

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 ...

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and

Provideniya Provideniya ( rus, Провиде́ния, p=prəvʲɪˈdʲenʲɪjə; Chukchi: ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Komsomolskay ...

in the

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