Hageland Aviation Services was a regional FAR Part 135

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based in

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. It operated as the Ravn Connect component of Ravn Alaska, serving many destinations throughout Alaska.

History

The airline was established in 1981 in

Mountain Village, Alaska Mountain Village () is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States, located on the Yukon River near the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. At the 2010 census the population was 813, up from 755 in 2000. Geography Mountain Village is located at ...

. Frontier Alaska and Hageland combined in 2008 to form the parent company HoTH and rebrand their new services as "Frontier Alaska." The following year, with the acquisition of Era, Frontier Alaska was rebranded as Era Alaska. Operations ceased with the collapse and bankruptcy of Ravn Alaska in 2020.

Fleet

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* 19 Cessna 207 * 22 Cessna Caravan 208B

Destinations

Hageland Aviation Services operated scheduled service to the following destinations in Alaska (): # Akiachak (KKI) - Akiachak Airport # Akiak (AKI) - Akiak Airport # Alakanuk (AUK) - Alakanuk Airport # Ambler (ABL) - Ambler Airport #

(ANC) -

Ted Stevens 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, who served as a senator of Alaska from 1968 to 2009. It is included in ...

(Hub) # Aniak (ANI) - Aniak Airport (Hub) # Anvik (ANV) - Anvik Airport # Atmautluak (ATT) - Atmautluak Airport # Atqasuk (ATK) - Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport # Barter Island / Kaktovik (BTI) - Barter Island LRRS Airport #

Bethel Bethel (, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; ; ) was an ancient Israelite city and sacred space that is frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Bet ...

(BET) - Bethel Airport (Hub) # Brevig Mission (KTS) - Brevig Mission Airport # Buckland (BKC) - Buckland Airport # Chefornak (CYF) - Chefornak Airport # Chevak (VAK) - Chevak Airport # Chuathbaluk (CHU) - Chuathbaluk Airport # Crooked Creek (CKD) - Crooked Creek Airport # Deadhorse (SCC) - Deadhorse Airport # Deering (DRG) - Deering Airport # Eek (EEK) - Eek Airport # Elim (ELI) - Elim Airport # Emmonak (EMK) - Emmonak Airport (Hub) # Gambell (GAM) - Gambell Airport # Golovin (GLV) - Golovin Airport # Grayling (KGX) - Grayling Airport # Holy Cross (HCR) - Holy Cross Airport # Hooper Bay (HPB) - Hooper Bay Airport # Kalskag (KLG) - Kalskag Airport # Kasigluk (KUK) - Kasigluk Airport # Kiana (IAN) - Bob Baker Memorial Airport # Kipnuk (KPN) - Kipnuk Airport # Kivalina (KVL) - Kivalina Airport # Kobuk (OBU) - Kobuk Airport # Kongiganak (KKH) -

Kongiganak Airport Kongiganak Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located adjacent to the village of Kongiganak, in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the ...

# Kotlik (KOT) - Kotlik Airport # Kotzebue (OTZ) - Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (Hub) # Koyuk (KKA) - Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport # Kwethluk (KWT) - Kwethluk Airport # Kwigillingok (KWK) - Kwigillingok Airport #

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(MLL) - Marshall Don Hunter Sr. Airport # Mekoryuk (MYU) - Mekoryuk Airport # Mountain Village (MOU) - Mountain Village Airport # Newtok (WWT) - Newtok Airport # Nightmute (NME) - Nightmute Airport # Noatak (WTK) -

Noatak Airport Noatak Airport ( Iñupiaq: ''Nuataam Mirvia'') is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Noatak, in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state in Alaska. Fac ...

# Nome (OME) - Nome Airport (Hub) # Noorvik (ORV) - Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport # Nuiqsut (NUI) - Nuiqsut Airport # Nunam Iqua / Sheldon Point (SXP) - Sheldon Point Airport # Nunapitchuk (NUP) - Nunapitchuk Airport #

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(PQS) - Pilot Station Airport # Point Lay (PIZ) -

Point Lay LRRS Airport Point Lay LRRS Airport is a public and military use airport owned by the United States Government and located in Point Lay, in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also known as Point Lay Airport. The acronym LRRS stands ...

# Port Clarence (KPC) - Port Clarence Coast Guard Station # Quinhagak (KWN) - Quinhagak Airport # Red Devil (RDV) - Red Devil Airport # Russian Mission (RSH) - Russian Mission Airport # Savoonga (SVA) - Savoonga Airport # Scammon Bay (SCM) - Scammon Bay Airport # Selawik (WLK) - Selawik Airport # Shageluk (SHX) - Shageluk Airport #

Shaktoolik Shaktoolik (, ; ) is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census the population was 251, up from 230 in 2000. Shaktoolik is one of a number of Alaskan communities threatened by erosion and rela ...

(SKK) - Shaktoolik Airport # Shishmaref (SHH) - Shishmaref Airport # Shungnak (SHG) - Shungnak Airport # Sleetmute (SLQ) -

Sleetmute Airport Sleetmute Airport is a state-owned public-use airport serving Sleetmute, in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities Sleetmute Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 190 feet (58 m) above mean sea level. It has ...

# St. Mary's (KSM) - St. Mary's Airport (Hub) # St. Michael (SMK) - St. Michael Airport # Stebbins (WBB) - Stebbins Airport # Teller (TLA) -

Teller Airport Teller Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Teller, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Facilities and aircraft Teller Airport ...

# Toksook Bay (OOK) -

Toksook Bay Airport Toksook Bay Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) east of the central business district of Toksook Bay, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Admini ...

# Tuluksak (TLT) - Tuluksak Airport # Tuntutuliak (WTL) - Tuntutuliak Airport # Tununak (TNK) - Tununak Airport # Unalakleet (UNK) - Unalakleet Airport (Hub) # Utqiagvik (BRW) - Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport (Hub) # Wainwright (AIN) - Wainwright Airport # White Mountain (WMO) - White Mountain Airport

Accidents and incidents

On November 8, 1997 Hageland Aviation Services Flight 500 was performed by a Cessna Caravan 675B that crashed. This crash was determined to be caused primarily by pilot error. Please see the NTSB report- http://juneauempire.com/stories/022500/Loc_crash.html . The accident killed all 8 passengers and crew on board. On December 9, 2002 - During a Raytheon Pre-purchase Flight, a

Beechcraft 1900C The Beechcraft 1900 is a U.S made twin-engine turboprop regional airliner manufactured by Beechcraft. It is also used as a freight aircraft and corporate transport, and by several governmental and military organizations. With customers favoring ...

crashed after running into a mountain in western Arkansas. The accident killed all 3 pilots on board, including Ron Tweto, President of Hageland Aviation Services. January 6, 2011 A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan passenger plane, registered N715HE, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN), U.S. None of the four passengers or two crew members were injured. The airplane operated on Hageland flight 161 from Bethel Airport, AK (BET) to Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN). On November 29, 2013, four people were killed when Flight 1453 crashed near the village of St. Mary's. Killed were the pilot, Terry Hanson, 68, and three passengers, all residents of Mountain Village: Rose Polty, 57, Richard Polty, 65, and Wyatt Coffee, five months old. Six more passengers were injured. The flight originated from Bethel. On October 2, 2016, three people were killed when a Hageland Aviation Services Cessna 208 Caravan operating as Ravn Connect Flight 3153 from Quinhagak, AK impacted mountainous terrain 12 statute miles northwest of its intended destination of Togiak, AK. The flight consisted of two crew members and one passenger. The aircraft's initial impact point was located 200 feet below the summit of a 2500 foot mountain. On April 11, 2018, a Cessna 208B impacted snow-covered terrain about two miles north of the Atqasuk Airport, Alaska. The pilot, the only occupant onboard, sustained minor injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage.

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* {{Airlines of the United States, state=collapsed 1981 establishments in Alaska 2009 disestablishments in Alaska Airlines disestablished in 2009 Airlines established in 1981 Airlines based in Alaska Companies based in Anchorage, Alaska Defunct companies based in Alaska Defunct regional airlines of the United States Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2020 Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska