Northern Air Cargo

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Northern Air Cargo
Northern Air Cargo Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Call sign
NCNAC [1] YUKON [1]
Founded1956
AOC # NACA002A [2]
Hubs Anchorage
Secondary hubs Miami
Fleet sizeSee Fleet
DestinationsSee Destinations
Parent company Northern Aviation Services
Saltchuk Resources, Inc.
Headquarters Anchorage, Alaska
United States
Key peopleBetsy Seaton
CEO & President
Website www.nac.aero OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Northern Air Cargo, LLC (NAC) is an American cargo airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. NAC operates a small fleet of Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400 and Boeing 737-800 freighter aircraft within the state of Alaska as well as widebody Boeing 767-300 freighter services throughout the Caribbean and South America. Other services include aircraft maintenance services through its subsidiary, Northern Air Maintenance Services, on demand charters and consolidation of cargo. With a main base at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, NAC also operates out of a hub at Miami International Airport. NAC is a division of Saltchuk which is the corporate parent of a number of transportation and distribution companies including Aloha Air Cargo, a cargo airline based in Hawaii.

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History

NAC operated one of only two Douglas DC-6s that had been converted to swing-tail configuration DC-6 N867TA Northern Air Cargo at ANC 1989, F294-08A-b.jpg
NAC operated one of only two Douglas DC-6s that had been converted to swing-tail configuration

Northern Air Cargo, LLC was established in 1956 as a charter freight service by Robert "Bobby" Sholton and Maurice Carlson. [3]

Northern Air Cargo has the distinction of being one of the very few organizations to operate a C-133 Cargomaster in civilian service, which it did during the late 1970s and early 1980s. See Fleet.

In 2019, NAC retired its last Boeing 737-200 freighter aircraft with the replacements being later model and improved Boeing 737-300s and 400s. [4]

Destinations

As of February 2022, Northern Air Cargo, LLC operates scheduled freight services to the following Alaskan domestic destinations:. [5] [6] The company also offers charter services.

Northern Air Cargo, LLC also operates in the following Caribbean and South American destinations: [7]

Fleet

Northern Air Cargo Boeing 737 landing at Anchorage Airport Northern Air Cargo 737 landing at Anchorage Airport.jpg
Northern Air Cargo Boeing 737 landing at Anchorage Airport

In 1979, Northern Air Cargo operated the following aircraft: [8]

In 1987, Northern Air Cargo operated the following aircraft: [9]

As of August 2025, Northern Air Cargo operates the following aircraft: [10]

Northern Air Cargo Fleet
AircraftTotalOrdersNotes
Boeing 737-300F 1
Boeing 737-400SF 2
Boeing 737-800(SF) 1
Boeing 767-300ER/BCF 4
Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF 2

Previously operated

Northern Air Cargo has previously operated the following aircraft: [3] [11]

A Fairchild C-82A "Packet" of NAC, April 1985 C-82-cn 10209-N4753C-Northern Air Cargo-1985-04-11-ANC-b-WP.jpg
A Fairchild C-82A "Packet" of NAC, April 1985
Northern Air Cargo Retired Fleet
AircraftTotalNotes
ATR 42-300 1
Boeing 727-100C 1
Boeing 727-100F 3
Boeing 737-200 3Retired in February 2019
Douglas DC-6 13Two crashed (N867TA) and (N313RS)
Fairchild C-82 2

Service

Northern Air Cargo, LLC (NAC) currently offers the following services within its Alaska route structure: [12] [13]

Accidents and incidents

The NAC DC-6 that crashed on July 20, 1996, April 1985 DC-6 N313RS Northern Air Cargo at ANC 1985, F233-18A-b.jpg
The NAC DC-6 that crashed on July 20, 1996, April 1985

References

  1. 1 2 Change 1 to Order 7340.2B, Contractions (Report). Federal Aviation Administration. March 10, 2011. p. 3-1-67. hdl: 2027/pur1.32754081251641 .
  2. "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . April 10, 2007. p. 57.
  4. "Corporate History | NAC". www.nac.aero. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. Flight International, April 5–11, 2005
  6. "Routes and Locations | NAC". www.nac.aero. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  7. "Strat Air | Teamwork that delivers". www.stratair.net. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  8. Endres, Günter G. (1979). World Airline Fleets 1979. Hounslow (UK): Airline Publications and Sales. p. 253. ISBN   0905117530.
  9. Endres, Günter G. (1987). 1987-88 World Airline Fleets. Feltham, Middlesex, UK: Browcom Publishing. p. 182. ISBN   0946141304.
  10. "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Northern Air Cargo". Airliner World . September 2025. p. 82.
  11. Flight International, October 3–9, 2006
  12. "Rates | NAC". www.nac.aero. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  13. "Commodity Rate List | NAC" (PDF). www.nac.aero. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  14. "Dangerous Goods | NAC". www.nac.aero. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  15. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6A N313RS Russian Mission, AK (RSH)".
  16. "ASN aircraft accident Douglas DC-6BF N867TA Deadhorse-Alpine Airstrip, AK (DQH)". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  17. "ASN aircraft accident Boeing 727-46F N190AJ Kotzebue Airport, AK (OTZ)". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved September 1, 2023.