List of airlines in Alaska

The following is a list of airlines that operate and/or are based within the U.S. State of Alaska:

Passenger Carriers

*Arctic Circle Air Service is based in Anchorage. It operates scheduled commuter services and charter flights to over 65 Alaskan communities. It was established and started operations in 1973. Its main bases are Anchorage International Airport and Fairbanks International Airport.

*Bering Air is headquartered in Nome, Alaska. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and charter services, as well as air ambulance and helicopter services. Its main base is Nome Airport, with hubs at Ralph Wien Memorial Airport in Kotzebue and Unalakleet Airport north of Unalakleet, Alaska.

*Era Aviation is an airline based in Anchorage,. It operates a network of services from Anchorage as part of Alaska Airlines Partnerships. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

*Frontier Flying Service is based in Fairbanks, Alaska. It operates an extensive network of year-round scheduled commuter services and postal services to bush communities, primarily north of Fairbanks, as well as charter services to the lower 48 and Canada

*Hageland Aviation Services is based in Anchorage. It serves nine destinations in Alaska and operates state wide charter services. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, with a hub at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport, Barrow, Alaska.

*Inland Aviation Services is based in Aniak. It operates scheduled passenger services and on-demand aircraft charters. Its 8main base is Aniak Airport.

*Peninsula Airways, usually called PenAir, is based in Anchorage. It is Alaska's largest commuter airline operating an extensive scheduled passenger and cargo services to over 85 communities, as well as charter and medevac services. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, with hubs at Dillingham Airport, Unalaska Airport, King Salmon Airport and Cold Bay Airport.

*Wien Air Alaska was formed from Northern Consolidated Airlines and Wien Alaska Airways. The company was famous for being the first airline in Alaska, and one of the first in the United States.

*Wings of Alaska is a scheduled and charter airline company based in Juneau.

Cargo Service

*Flight Alaska is an American cargo airline based in Anchorage. It operates scheduled services to over 70 villages in Alaska and also provides charter services throughout Alaska. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

*Northern Air Cargo is based in Anchorage. It operates services within Alaska and to Canada and the continetal United States. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, with a hub at Fairbanks International Airport.

Defunct airlines

*Reeve Aleutian Airways was founded in 1946 and flew in parts of Canada and Russia as well as Alaska. They ceased operations in December, 2000.

*Alaska Coastal Airlines was formed in 1939 as a result of a merger between Alaska Air Transport and Marine Airways. Having absorbed Ellis Air Lines in 1962, Alaska Coastal Airlines was itself taken over by Alaska Airlines in 1968.

*L.A.B. Flying Service is based in Haines, . It operates scheduled, charter and sightseeing flights in Southeast Alaska. Its main base is Haines Airport, with a hub at Juneau International Airport. As of July 2008, L.A.B.'s carrier permit has been subject to an emergency revocation by the FAA.
*Pacific Alaska Airways was a subsidiary of Pan American World Airways that flew routes around Alaska. The airline was eventually completely absorbed into Pan Am in 1941. The airline restarted service under its own name in the 1970s but ceased operations in 1986.