Northern Air Cargo

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Northern Air Cargo
Northern Air Cargo Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
NCNACYUKON
Founded1956
AOC # NACA002A [1]
Hubs Anchorage
Secondary hubs Miami
Fleet size8
Destinations22 + charter
Parent company Northern Aviation Services, Saltchuk Resources, Inc.
Headquarters Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Key peopleBetsy Seaton, CEO & President
Website nac.aero

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. [2]

In 2019, NAC retired its last Boeing 737-200 freighter aircraft with the replacements being later model and improved Boeing 737-300s and 400s. [3]

Destinations

As of February 2022, Northern Air Cargo, LLC operates scheduled freight services to the following Alaskan domestic destinations:. [4] [5] The company also offers charter services.

Northern Air Cargo, LLC also operates in the following Caribbean and South American destinations: [6]

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

Northern Air Cargo LLC's fleet as of July 2020:

Northern Air Cargo Fleet
AircraftTotalOrdersNotes
Boeing 737-300 2— [7]
Boeing 737-400 3— [8]
Boeing 737-800(SF) 1— [9]
Boeing 767-300ER/BCF —3 [10]
Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF 4— [11]

Previously operated

Northern Air Cargo has previously operated the following aircraft: [2] [12]

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 is contracted to handle passenger services for the following:

Accidents and incidents

The NAC DC-6 that crashed on 20 July 1996, April 1985 DC-6 N313RS Northern Air Cargo at ANC 1985, F233-18A-b.jpg
The NAC DC-6 that crashed on 20 July 1996, April 1985
The NAC DC-6 that crashed on 25 September 2001, June 1989 DC-6 N867TA Northern Air Cargo at ANC 1989, F294-11A-b.jpg
The NAC DC-6 that crashed on 25 September 2001, June 1989

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References

  1. ↑ "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  2. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-04-10. p. 57.
  3. ↑ "Corporate History | NAC". www.nac.aero. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  4. ↑ Flight International, 5–11 April 2005
  5. ↑ "Routes and Locations | NAC". www.nac.aero. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  6. ↑ "Strat Air | Teamwork that delivers". www.stratair.net. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  7. ↑ N362NC, N360WA
  8. ↑ N401YK, N403YK, N405YK
  9. ↑ "US's Northern Air Cargo adds first B737-800 freighter". Ch-Aviation. 26 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "US's Saltchuk Aviation orders four more B767-300(ERBCF)s". Ch-Aviation. 24 July 2022.
  11. ↑ N351CM, N379CX, N321CM
  12. ↑ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
  13. ↑ "Scheduled | NAC". www.nac.aero. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  14. ↑ "Dangerous Goods | NAC". www.nac.aero. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  15. ↑ "Charters | NAC". www.nac.aero. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  16. ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6A N313RS Russian Mission, AK (RSH)".
  17. ↑ "ASN aircraft accident Douglas DC-6BF N867TA Deadhorse-Alpine Airstrip, AK (DQH)". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  18. ↑ "ASN aircraft accident Boeing 727-46F N190AJ Kotzebue Airport, AK (OTZ)". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
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