Peninsula Airways, operated as PenAir, was a U.S.-based regional

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headquartered in

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. It was Alaska's second-largest

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operating scheduled passenger service, as well as charter and

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services throughout the state. Its main base was

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. PenAir had a

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agreement in place with

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with its flights operated in the state of

History

Peninsula Airways was founded by Orin Seybert in 1955. Seybert was 19 years old, living in Pilot Point, Alaska, and owned a 1946 two-seat Taylorcraft. In 1956, a four-seat Piper Tri-Pacer was added. On March 1, 1965, Peninsula Airways became incorporated and purchased the fixed base operation ( FBO) in

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. In 1967, Peninsula Airways became a full-time subcontractor to

Reeve Aleutian Airways Reeve Aleutian Airways was an airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It ceased operations on December 5, 2000. Reeve Aleutian was named, possibly as a pun on the word revolution, by combining founder Rober ...

, meeting Reeve's certificate obligations to Chignik, Perryville and Ivanoff Bay. In 1969, Peninsula Airways acquired all assets of Tibbetts-Herre Airmotive, which had operated from Naknek since 1950. By 1973, regular service was provided between King Salmon and the Pribilof Island communities,

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and

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. Charter service was also extended into the

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, Atka and Adak with

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. In 1977, two

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were purchased from Reeve Aleutian Airways, and the sub-contract was expanded to cover all locations certificated to Reeve throughout the

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and Aleutian Islands. This required setting up an operating base at

Cold Bay Cold Bay (,; Sugpiaq: ''Pualu'') is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 108, but at the 2020 census this had reduced to 50. Cold Bay is one of the main commercial centers of t ...

, with hangars, offices and employee housing. In 1980, the

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awarded a Part 401

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to Peninsula Airways, and all aircraft operations were conducted under Part 135 of the Federal Air Regulations. In 1983, Peninsula Airways acquired its first

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: a

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operated out of Cold Bay. Peninsula Airways was the first Alaskan air carrier to qualify for CAB Part 419 subsidy, allowing the airline to operate

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(EAS) routes to Atka, St. George and Kodiak Island. PenAir Saab 340B N406XJ

In 1985, Peninsula Airways acquired all assets of Air Transport Services, Inc., based in Kodiak. Included in the deal was a hangar and office facility with approximately six aircraft and scheduled year-round service to all points on the Island. A base was established in Anchorage with two Cessna Conquest turboprops offering charter service from Anchorage to the Pribilof Islands. Scheduled service from Anchorage to King Salmon and Dillingham was added a year later. The first

Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner (previously the Swearingen Metro and later Fairchild Aerospace Metro) is a 19-seat, Cabin pressurization, pressurized, twin-turboprop airliner first produced by Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation, Swearingen ...

propjet was placed into service in 1987 and Metro aircraft remained in the fleet until 2011. In 1988, several bush operators in Dillingham had their certificates revoked by the

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(FAA), prompting Peninsula Airways to set up an operation there. A hangar and aircraft were purchased and service to the surrounding communities began. In 1989, Peninsula Airways was contracted by Exxon to support the ''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill cleanup. At the same time, a contract was awarded to Peninsula Airways by Alaska Regional Hospital to provide 24-hour medevac service. Peninsula Airways' operations were inspected and approved by

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Office of Aviation Services (OAS),

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, and two ( FAA) NASIP "white glove" inspections. In 1991, Peninsula Airways began doing business as PenAir and became a

and Mileage Plan partner with

. PenAir transitioned to FAA Part 121 regulations in 1996, operating under both Part 135 and 121. PenAir was the first

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in the United States to make the 10-19 seat required conversion, including a dispatch department. In 1997, PenAir acquired two

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B aircraft and, in 1998, moved its headquarters into a new hangar/office complex in

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. In 2007 the airline revealed its plan, for a 25-year plan for Unalaska's airport planned by Alaska Department of Transportation, to consider the introduction of Bombardier Q400 by year 2016 to replace the Saab 340B for Unalaska, and it had even looked into using

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but this aircraft type isn't used anywhere else in the United States at that moment meaning that the airline would have had to undertake the costly process of getting the aircraft certified with the FAA; while in 2015 PenAir's president mentioned the leasing of

for the Unalaska-to-Anchorage route, and adding that larger planes like the Bombardier Q400 wouldn't have been economical on the route. Meanwhile, the airline expanded its operations outside of Alaska in 2012 after bidding on and being awarded

routes in the

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. It established a hub at Boston's

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and started operating service to

Presque Isle, Maine Presque Isle ( ) is the commercial center and largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,797 at the 2020 Census. The city is home to the University of Maine at Presque Isle, Northern Maine Community College, ...

and

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, with additional seasonal service to

Bar Harbor, Maine Bar Harbor () is a resort town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population is 5,089. The town is home to the College of the Atlantic, Jackson Laboratory, and MDI Biological Laborat ...

. PenAir's presence in the continental United States greatly expanded in 2016 when the airline was awarded multiple Essential Air Service routes in the

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and

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. The airline established its third and fourth hubs at

Denver International Airport Denver International Airport , often referred to by locals as DIA, is an international airport in the Western United States, primarily serving metropolitan Denver, Colorado, as well as the greater Front Range Urban Corridor. At , Effective Ju ...

and

Portland International Airport Portland International Airport is a joint civil–military airport and the largest airport in the U.S. state of Oregon, accounting for 90% of the state's passenger air travel and more than 95% of its air cargo. It is within Portland's city li ...

. From Denver, PenAir operated service to

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and Liberal, Kansas and Kearney, North Platte, and Scottsbluff, Nebraska. From Portland, PenAir operated Essential Air Service to

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and also began service to Arcata/Eureka and Redding, California and

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and North Bend/Coos Bay, Oregon. On August 7, 2017, PenAir filed for

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. PenAir made the decision to end all flights out of its Denver and Portland hubs. Routes in California and Oregon that were not funded by Essential Air Service subsidies were terminated within days. The terms of the Essential Air Service contract required that PenAir continue to operate those routes until a new airline could be awarded the contract, a process expected to be completed within 90 days. On August 30, 2017, PenAir announced it would cease all Denver operations effective after September 10, 2017 due to a mass resignation involving 17 crew members. On November 30, 2017, PenAir announced it would end its service to Crescent City, California as of December 15. The city has chosen

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to operate the Essential Air Service route, but PenAir stated it would be unable to continue the service until Contour begins operating. On May 30, 2018, PenAir cancelled service via Boston to and from Plattsburgh, Bar Harbor and Presque Isle a month early, citing staffing issues, breaking their Essential Air Services contract with the Department of Transportation. On June 1, 2019, PenAir ceased direct ticket sales under its own brand. From that day, all PenAir flights are marketed and sold using

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(7H) flight numbers.

Fleet

the PenAir fleet consisted of the following aircraft: PenAir Saab 340B N424XJ

PenAir was the only air carrier in the U.S. operating the

regional turboprop in scheduled passenger airline service. PenAir was among the last airlines in the world to operate the Grumman G-21A Goose seaplane on scheduled flights. This piston-powered

was used to resupply remote coastal locations where no land-based airstrip existed. On December 21, 2012, the Grumman Goose made its final commercial flight from

Unalaska The City of Unalaska (; ) is the main population center in the Aleutian Islands. The city is in the Aleutians West Census Area, a regional component of the Unorganized Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Isl ...

to Anchorage. PenAir also previously operated another piston-powered amphibious aircraft type being the

. The airline also previously operated several turboprop-powered aircraft types including the

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, Cessna 441 Conquest, as well as the Metro II, Metro III and Metro 23 variants of the

Previously operated piston-powered landplane aircraft included the

Piper Navajo Chieftain The Piper PA-31 Navajo is a family of twin-engined low-wing tricycle gear utility aircraft designed and built by Piper Aircraft for small cargo and feeder airlines, and as a corporate aircraft. Production ran from 1967 to 1984. It was licens ...

and

Piper Saratoga The Piper PA-32R is a six-seat (or seven-seat), high-performance, single engine, all-metal, fixed-wing aircraft produced by Piper Aircraft of Vero Beach, Florida. The design began life as the Piper Lance, a retractable-gear version of the Piper C ...

. According to the July 1, 2016

system timetable, PenAir was then operating all of its

flights in the state of

on behalf of Alaska Airlines with

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and

turboprop aircraft. The Saab 2000 is a larger, high-speed version of the Saab 340B. All Alaska Airlines code sharing flights in the lower 48 states in the U.S. were operated by PenAir with the Saab 340B. Alaska Airlines Downloadable Timetable
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Destinations

Using

as an operating base, PenAir operated scheduled service to the following destinations in Alaska as of June 2019. #

(ANC) –

(to Cold Bay, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor, King Salmon, Kodiak, Fairbanks, and Sand Point) #

(CDB) –

Cold Bay Airport Cold Bay Airport is a state owned, public use airport located in Cold Bay, a city in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. First built as a United States Army Air Forces airfield during World War II, it is one of the main a ...

(to Anchorage) # Dillingham (DLG) –

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

(to Anchorage) #

(DUT) –

Unalaska Airport Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport is a state-owned public-use airport in City of Unalaska, on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located near the Bering Sea coast of Unalaska Island, southw ...

(to Anchorage) ''(marketed and sold by Alaska Airlines)'' #

(AKN) –

King Salmon Airport King Salmon Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located just southeast of King Salmon, in the Bristol Bay Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was formerly the Naknek Air Force Base, named for its location near the Naknek River. ...

(to Anchorage) # Kodiak (ADQ) –

Kodiak Airport Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport is a public and military use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) southwest of the central business district of Kodiak, a city on Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. The ai ...

(to Anchorage) # 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. It i ...

(to Anchorage) # Sand Point (SDP) – Sand Point Airport (to Anchorage) All flights in the state of Alaska were operated as

service with

, with the exception of service to

which was operated under a capacity purchase agreement, where flights were marketed and sold by

and operated by PenAir.

Community awareness

PenAir, along with Bering Air, Frontier Flying Service,

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. The current owners ...

Northern Air Cargo Northern Air Cargo, LLC (NAC) is an American cargo airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. NAC operates a small fleet of Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400 and Boeing 737-800 freighter aircraft within the state of Alaska as well as widebody ...

, and

Ryan Air Services Ryan Air, Inc., is an American airline that serves over 70 villages in The Bush (Alaska), Bush Alaska out of hubs in Anchorage, Alaska, Anchorage, Aniak, Alaska, Aniak, Bethel, Alaska, Bethel, Emmonak, Alaska, Emmonak, Kotzebue, Alaska, Ko ...

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

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bottles in cooperation with Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling.

Accidents and incidents

* On December 15, 1968, a

registered N148M struck the shore and crashed while taking off from

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, Alaska, injuring all four people on board. * On January 23, 1981, a Grumman G-21A Goose registered N95468 crashed into the sea off Dutch Harbour, killing the two occupants. * On February 14, 1985, a Piper PA-31-310 Navajo registered N63719 crashed into the side of a mountain in

Port Heiden Port Heiden (Alutiiq: ) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 100, slightly down from 102 in 2010. Geography and climate Port Heiden is located at (56.948949, -15 ...

, Alaska. The pilot, the only occupant of the plane, was killed. * On February 17, 1990, a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo registered N27328 crashed into a mountain during snow squall in

Cold Bay, Alaska Cold Bay (,; Sugpiaq: ''Pualu'') is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 108, but at the 2020 census this had reduced to 50. Cold Bay is one of the main commercial centers of the ...

, killing the sole occupant of the plane, the pilot. * On May 3, 1996, a Swearingen SA227AC Metro III registered N670PA crashed during landing at St. George Island Airport, Alaska, injuring all 13 people on board. * On August 11, 1996, a Grumman G-21A Goose registered N660PA crashed into the sea off Dutch Harbour, killing the two occupants. * On January 30, 1998, a Cessna 208 Caravan I registered N9316F crashed near Port Heiden Airport, Alaska, after stalling due to

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, injuring the pilot. * On October 10, 2001, Peninsula Airways (PenAir) Flight 350, a Cessna 208 Caravan (N9530F) on a scheduled flight from Dillingham, Alaska to

King Salmon, Alaska King Salmon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bristol Bay Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is southwest of Anchorage. As of the 2020 census the population was 307, down from 374 in 2010. It is home to Katmai National Park and Prese ...

, crashed shortly after takeoff from

. The pilot and all nine passengers were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed on impact. There was no fire. * On October 17, 2019, PenAir Flight 3296, a Saab 2000 (N686PA) on a scheduled flight from

to Unalaska, Alaska, went off the runway after landing at the

, teetering over a bank toward a nearby body of water. The left propeller was destroyed and at least part of one blade entered the passenger cabin. An eyewitness reported high winds at the time of the accident. There were 39 passengers, including a high school swim team from Cordova, Alaska, and 3 flight crew aboard the flight. One passenger was fatally injured, two passengers were critically injured, and 10 more received medical care at a local hospital. There was no fire.

References

External links

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