Arctic Circle Air was an American

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based in

Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a Municipal home rule, home rule city and the county seat, borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior Alaska, interior region of Alaska and the second la ...

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. It operated scheduled commuter services and charter flights to over 16 Alaskan communities. It was established and started operations in 1973. Its main base was

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 ...

Acquisition Merger

In October 2009 Arctic Circle Air was acquired by the

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of Frontier Alaska. Arctic Circle Air was merged into the

Era Alaska New Pacific Airlines, Inc., d.b.a. Ravn Alaska, is an Alaskan airline that specializes in serving small communities in the US state of Alaska. The airline is headquartered in Anchorage, which is also home to its primary hub, Ted Stevens Ancho ...

operation. Era Alaska is the renamed operation of Frontier Alaska now that it has been blended into the operating certificate of Era Aviation. In 2011 Arctic Circle Air's certificate was obtained by Marianas Harvests in

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to provide service throughout the island areas of Guam, with no association with Era Alaska or Frontier Alaska.

Fleet

*2 Britten-Norman BN-2Ts * Beech King Air *

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* Cessna 402 Utiliner *

Embraer Bandeirante The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante (English: ''pioneer'') is a Brazilian twin-turboprop light transport aircraft designed by Embraer for military and civil use. The EMB 110 was designed by the French engineer Max Holste; it had been designed in lin ...

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Destinations

Arctic Circle Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (Ended as of November 2009). #

Allakaket Allakaket ( ) (''Aalaa Kkaakk’et'' in Koyukon) is a second class city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The population wa177at the 2020 census. History and culture Several Native grou ...

(AET) - Allakaket Airport #

Anaktuvuk Pass The Anaktuvuk Pass ("the place of caribou droppings", el. 2,200 ft.) is a mountain pass located in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in North Slope Borough in northern Alaska. The Anaktuvuk Pass is in the Brooks Range which div ...

(AKP) - Anaktuvuk Pass Airport # Arctic Village (ARC) -

Arctic Village Airport Arctic Village Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) southwest of the central business district of Arctic Village, a Native American village in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is ...

# Bettles (BTT) - Bettles Airport # Chalkyitsik (CIK) -

Chalkyitsik Airport Chalkyitsik Airport is a state-owned public-use airport serving Chalkyitsik, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities and aircraft Chalkyitsik Airport has one runway designated 3/21 with a gravel surface mea ...

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(EAA) -

Eagle Airport Eagle Airport is a state-owned public airport two miles east of Eagle, in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of Alaska. Facilities and aircraft Eagle Airport covers at an elevation of 908 feet (277 m) above mean sea level. Its one runway ...

# Fairbanks (FAI) -

Fort Yukon Fort Yukon (''Gwichyaa Zheh'' in Gwich'in language, Gwich'in) is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, straddling the Arctic Circle. The population, predominantly Gwich'in Alaska ...

(FYU) -

Fort Yukon Airport Fort Yukon Airport
, published 15 March 152007 is a state-owned public-use airport located in the city of Fort ...

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(GAL) - Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport # Hughes (HUS) - Hughes Airport # Huslia (HSL) -

Huslia Airport Huslia Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) east of Huslia, a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. Facilities Huslia Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 220 feet ...

# Kaltag (KAL) -

Kaltag Airport Kaltag Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Kaltag, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities Kaltag Airport ...

# Nulato (NUL) -

Nulato Airport Nulato Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Nulato, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation ...

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(RMP) - Rampart Airport # Tanana (TAL) - Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport #

Venetie Venetie ( ;Corey Goldberg," ''New York Times'', May 9, 1997. ''Vįįhtąįį'' in Gwich’in), is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. At the 2010 census, the population was 166, down from 202 in 2000. It inc ...

(VEE) -

Venetie Airport Venetie Airport is a public use airport located in Venetie, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by the Venetie Tribal Government. According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport ...

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