Servant Air, Inc. is an American regional airline with operations throughout

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. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and charter services. Its main scheduled airline service base is Kodiak Airport (PADQ) with regional operations bases in Boston, Massachusetts, White Plains, New York, and Manassas Virginia.

History

The airline was established as Paklook Air in the spring of 1992 in Fairbanks, Alaska and began service with single engine commuter aircraft. Originally, the airline fleet consisted of a

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Floatplanes, Cessna 206 and

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wheel aircraft. The current fleet consists of King Air 200's and King Air 100's operating scheduled and charter service to multiple villages on

Kodiak Island Kodiak Island ( Alutiiq: ''Qikertaq''), is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second la ...

and the Southcentral and Southeast regions of Alaska. Servant Air also provides scheduled air service between Westchester County Airport (KHPN) and Boston Logan International Airport (KBOS) under th
Beacon Air
brand using King Air 200 aircraft.

Hubs

The Servant Air main hub is located at Kodiak State Airport in

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. Facilities at the Kodiak hub include a terminal, a heavy maintenance facility, and a hangar. Servant air also has hubs at

Anchorage International Airport Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is a major airport in the U.S. state of Alaska, located southwest of downtown Anchorage. The airport is named for Ted Stevens, a U.S. senator from Alaska in office from 1968 to 2009. It is include ...

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. Seasonally, Servant air operates at

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Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport is a general aviation airport located within the city limits of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, in Broward County, Florida, Broward County, Florida, United States, north of downtown Fort Lauderdale. ...

Fleet

The Servant Air fleet includes Cessna 208 Caravan, Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, King Air 200, and King Air 100 aircraft.

Destinations

Servant Air offers scheduled passenger service to the following destinations in

: # Akhiok (AKK) - Akhiok Airport # 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 airp ...

(hub) # Old Harbor (OLH) - Old Harbor Airport # Ouzinkie (KOZ) - Ouzinkie Airport # Port Lions (ORI) -

Port Lions Airport Port Lions Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located northeast of the central business district of Port Lions, a city located on Kodiak Island in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Federal Aviation Administratio ...

Servant Air also offers unscheduled on-demand passenger service in Alaska to: # Anchorage (ANC) -

Anchorage international Airport Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is a major airport in the U.S. state of Alaska, located southwest of downtown Anchorage. The airport is named for Ted Stevens, a U.S. senator from Alaska in office from 1968 to 2009. It is include ...

ot scheduled#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 ...

#Juneau (JNU) -

Juneau International Airport Juneau International Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport and seaplane base located seven nautical miles (8 mi, 13 km) northwest of the central business district of Juneau, a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska th ...

#Kenai (ENI) - Kenai Airport # Karluk (KYK) -

Karluk Airport Karluk Airport is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Karluk, a community in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Adm ...

ot scheduled#Homer (HOM) - Homer Airport ot scheduled#King Salmon (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. ...

#Unalaska (DUT) - Dutch Harbor Airport # Larsen Bay (KLN) - Larsen Bay Airport ot scheduled Servant Air seasonal scheduled passenger service: # White Plains (HPN) -

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(BOS) -

Logan International Airport General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport , also known as Boston Logan International Airport and commonly as Boston Logan, Logan Airport or simply Logan, is an international airport that is located mostly in East Boston and partial ...

# Weyers Cave (SHD) -

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# Dulles (IAD) -

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Incidents

*On January 6, 2008, Servant Air Flight 109 crashed just short of Kodiak Airport shortly after takeoff, en route to

Homer, Alaska Homer ( Dena'ina: ''Tuggeght'') is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is southwest of Anchorage. According to the 2020 Census, the population is 5,522, up from 5,003 in 2010. Long known as the " Halibut Fishing ...

. Of the 9 passengers and the pilot aboard the

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, there were 4 survivors. According to the NTSB, the failure of the nose baggage door latching mechanism resulted in an inadvertent opening of the nose baggage door in flight. Contributing to the accident was the lack of information and guidance available to the operator and pilot regarding procedures to follow should a baggage door open in flight and cause an inadvertent aerodynamic stall.

References

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