Bering Air

Bering Air is an American regional airline headquartered in Nome, Alaska, USA. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and charter services, as well as air ambulance and helicopter services. Its main base is Nome Airport, with hubs at Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (Kotzebue) and Unalakleet Airport^[1]

History

The airline was established in September 1979 and started operations on 3 October 1979. It was founded, and is wholly owned, by James Rowe (President) and Christine Rowe. It has 95 employees^[1].

Bering Air Beech 1900D at Nome, Alaska.

Fleet

As of April 2009, the Bering Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[2]

• 2 Beechcraft 1900D
• 1 Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
• 1 Beechcraft B200 King Air
• 2 CASA C-212 Aviocar
• 2 Cessna 207A
• 4 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
• 2 Piper Chieftain
• 4 Piper T1020
• 3 Robinson R44 (N4237W, N7768H, and N4138M) ^[3]
  • Bering Air also operates two R44s (N7008N and N7114R) for the affiliated company Twin Peak Adventures)^[4]

Community services

Bering Air, along with Grant Aviation, Frontier Flying Service, Northern Air Cargo, PenAir, and Ryan Air Services, participates in the Flying Can service, which allows rural Alaskan communities to recycle aluminum cans and now number 1 PET bottles in cooperation with Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling.^[5]

Bering Air provides free delivery on scheduled flights for Airport Pizza, a pizzeria at Nome Airport that takes orders from remote locations served by Bering Air.^{[citation needed]}

Destinations

Passenger and cargo charter services are flown from Kotzebue and Nome to USA destinations, Canada and Russia^[1].

Domestic

Bering Air serves 32 cities in Western Alaska from hubs in Nome, Kotzebue and Unalakleet. ^[6][7][8][9]

1. Ambler (ABL) - Ambler Airport
2. Brevig Mission (KTS) - Brevig Mission Airport
3. Buckland (BKC) - Buckland Airport
4. Cape Lisburne (LUR) - Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport
5. Council (CIL) - Council Airport
6. Deering (DRG) - Deering Airport
7. Elim (ELI) - Elim Airport
8. Gambell (GAM) - Gambell Airport
9. Golovin (GLV) - Golovin Airport
10. Kiana (IAN) - Bob Baker Memorial Airport
11. Kivalina (KVL) - Kivalina Airport
12. Kobuk (OBU) - Kobuk Airport
13. Kotzebue (OTZ) - Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
14. Koyuk (KKA) - Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport
15. Little Diomede (DIO) - Diomede Island Airport (ice runway, winter only)
16. Noatak (WTK) - Noatak Airport
17. Nome (OME) - Nome Airport
18. Noorvik (ORV) - Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport
19. Point Hope (PHO) - Point Hope Airport
20. Port Clarence (KPC) - Port Clarence Coast Guard Station
21. St. Michael (SMK) - St. Michael Airport
22. Savoonga (SVA) - Savoonga Airport
23. Selawik (WLK) - Selawik Airport
24. Shaktoolik (SKK) - Shaktoolik Airport
25. Shishmaref (SHH) - Shishmaref Airport
26. Shungnak (SHG) - Shungnak Airport
27. Stebbins (WBB) - Stebbins Airport
28. Teller (TLA) - Teller Airport
29. Tin City (TNC) - Tin City LRRS Airport
30. Unalakleet (UNK) - Unalakleet Airport
31. Wales (WAA) - Wales Airport
32. White Mountain (WMO) - White Mountain Airport

International

Bering Air offers charter service from Nome and Anchorage to Anadyr and Provideniya in the Russian Far East.^[10]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 85. 2007-03-27. 
2. ^ landings.com US civil aircraft register database search, using "Bering Air" as the search parameter. Search conducted 2010-04-09
3. ^ http://www.beringair.com/content.php?action=helicopter
4. ^ http://www.twinpeaksadventures.com/logistics-helicopters.htm
5. ^ Tuttle, Logan (16 June 2010). "Rural recycling finds a PET project". The Arctic Sounder (Alaska Newspapers, Inc.). http://thearcticsounder.com/article/1024rural_recycling_finds_a_pet_project. Retrieved 16 October 2010. 
6. ^ Bering Air: Destinations. Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.
7. ^ Bering Air: Nome Flight Schedule (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.
8. ^ Bering Air: Kotzebue Flight Schedule (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.
9. ^ Bering Air: Unalakleet Flight Schedule (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.
10. ^ Bering Air: Russian Destinations. Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.

External links

• Bering Air (official site)