Wright Air Service is an American

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based in Fairbanks,

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. It was established by Al Wright and started operations in

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. It is located off the east ramp near the Fairbanks International Airport. The president of the company was Robert Bursiel, but the company was recently bought out by a new owner in 2017.

History

Bob Bursiel, former president, started as a pilot for Wright's in 1968. As the company grew, more aircraft joined the fleet. Bursiel then became the owner of Wright's in 1982, changing the company's focus from game surveys, short fields, and Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction support, to carrying passengers and mail to the remote villages of Alaska.

Fleet

The Wright Air Service fleet includes the following aircraft: On 7 July 2020, Wright Air acquired 4 Cessna planes at Ravn Alaska's bankruptcy auction.

Destinations

Unloading our plane on the gravel runway

Wright Air Service operates scheduled passenger flights to the following locations in Alaska (as of July 2020): # Allakaket (AET) - Allakaket Airport (to Bettles, Fairbanks) # Atqasuk (ATK) - Atqasuk Airport (to Wainwright, Utqiagvik) # Anaktuvuk Pass (AKP) - Anaktuvuk Pass Airport (to Bettles, Coldfoot, Fairbanks) # 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 ...

(to Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Venetie) # Bettles (BTT) - Bettles Airport (to Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Fairbanks) # Coldfoot (CXF) - Coldfoot Airport # Chalkyitsik (CIK) - Chalkyitsik Airport # Deadhorse (SCC) - Deadhorse Airport (To Fairbanks, Nuiqsut, Utqiagvik) # Birch Creek (KBC) - Birch Creek Airport (to Fairbanks, Venetie) # 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. It i ...

(hub) #

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 ...

(to Arctic Village, Birch Creek, Fairbanks, Venetie) #

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(GAL) - Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (to Kaltag) # Hughes (HUS) - Hughes Airport (to Fairbanks, Tanana) # Huslia (HSL) - Huslia Airport (to Fairbanks, Hughes, Tanana, Ruby) # Kaltag (KAL) - Kaltag Airport (to Nulato) # Koyukuk (KYU) - Koyukuk Airport (to Huslia) # Lake Minchumina (LMA) - Minchumina Airport (to Fairbanks) # Nuiqsut (NUI) - Nuiqsut Airport (to Deadhorse, Utqiagvik) # 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 ...

(to Koyukuk) #

Point Hope, Alaska Point Hope (, ) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 674, down from 757 in 2000. In the 2020 Census, the population rose to 830. Like many isolated communities in Alaska, the city has ...

(PHO) - Point Hope Airport (to Point Lay, Utqiagvik) # Point Lay, Alaska (PIZ) - Point Lay Airport (to Point Hope, Utqiagvik) #

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(RBY) - Ruby Airport (to Fairbanks) # Tanana (TAL) - Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport (to Fairbanks, Hughes, Huslia) # Utqiagvik (BRW) -

Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, often referred to as Post/Rogers Memorial, is a public airport located in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), the largest city and borough seat of the North Slope Borough, Alaska, North Slope Borough of th ...

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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 ...

(to Arctic Village, Birch Creek, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon) # Wainwright (AIN) - Wainwright Airport (to Atqasuk, Utqiagvik) Wright Air Service also provides charter service.

References

External links

Wright Air Service, Inc.

Photo of Wright Air Service terminal in Fairbanks

Wright Air Service photos
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