Salmon Air is a commuter airline based in

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which was established in 1968.

History

Salmon Air's main hub was located at the

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(BOI). In addition to scheduled passenger and charter flights, Salmon Air also operated scenic air tour flights over Idaho's Bighorn Crags and Flying B Ranch. The airline was sold to McCall Aviation in 2009. The former owners of Salmon Air went on to found Gem Air in 2014. Salmon Air still operates out of Salmon Air and is still owned by McCall Aviation. Primarily a back country charter provider, Salmon Air provides air charter service into and around the

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, as well as many other remote destination in Idaho for hikers, backpackers, rafters, hunters, etc.

Destinations

Salmon Air operates passenger flights to the following destinations:

Idaho

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/ Lemhi County Airport (flights to Boise & McCall) * McCall / McCall Municipal Airport (flights to Boise & Salmon) *

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(flights to McCall & Salmon)

Utah

* Moab / Canyonlands Field (flights to Salt Lake City) *

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(flights to Moab & Vernal) *

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/ Vernal Regional Airport (flights to Salt Lake City)

Fleet

Salmon Air's fleet included the following aircraft: *

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Cessna 210 The Cessna 210 Centurion is a six-seat, high-performance, retractable-gear, single-engined, high-wing general-aviation aircraft. First flown in January 1957, it was produced by Cessna until 1986. Design and development The early Cessn ...

(5 passenger capacity)

Past Fleet

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(cargo)

Accidents and incidents

*On December 6, 2004, Flight 1860, a

, was on a scheduled cargo flight for the

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from

to Sun Valley when it crashed about 7 miles south of

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. Both crew members were killed.

References

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