Everts Air Cargo

Everts Air Cargo

IATA ICAO Callsign 5V VTS EVERTS
Founded	1993
Hubs	Fairbanks International Airport
Secondary hubs	Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	N/A
Fleet size	26
Destinations	see details
Company slogan	Legendary Aircraft. Extraordinary Service.
Parent company	Tatonduk Outfitters Limited
Headquarters	Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Key people	Robert Ragar, Susan Hoshaw
Website	http://www.evertsair.com/

Everts Air Cargo is an American Part 121 airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. It operates D.O.D, scheduled and charter airline cargo within Alaska and Canada. Its Maintenance base is Fairbanks International Airport with its major cargo hub at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

History

Everts Air C-46 taking off at Anchorage

Everts Air Cargo is the sister company of Everts Air Fuel, that specializes in fuel transport throughout the state of Alaska and into Canada.

Destinations

See Everts Air destinations.

Anchorage, Aniak, Bethel, Dillingham, Emmonak, Fairbanks, Galena, Illiamna, King Salmon, Kotzebue, Nome, St. Mary's, Unalakleet, Togiak

Fleet

As of April 2015, Everts Air Cargo fleet includes:

• 10 Douglas DC-6
• 2 Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando (cargo only)
• 4 Douglas DC-9 (cargo only)
• 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (cargo only)

Operating the Douglas DC-6

Everts Air Cargo DC-6 lifting off at Anchorage

Since Northern Air Cargo abandoned their regular service with the Douglas DC-6, Everts Air Cargo is the last airline in the USA to operate scheduled flights with a rather large fleet of 60-year-old piston-powered aircraft. In a 2007 video interview, the Anchorage Station Manager stated that the DC-6 was still considered to be a valuable aircraft for operations in the harsh conditions of Alaska, with excellent landing and takeoff performance on gravel runways. The downside is the difficulty to find Avgas and the maintenance labor cost. Everts Air Cargo estimates a ratio of 12 hours of maintenance for every single flying hour. Spare parts could also be a problem but Everts Air Cargo anticipates they will have enough in stock to keep the last DC-6 flying beyond 2020.

External links

• Everts Air Cargo

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