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'Frontier Flying Service' is an American airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. It operates an extensive network of year-round scheduled commuter services and postal services to Alaska bush communities, primarily north of Fairbanks, as well as charter services to the lower 48 and Canada.
Its main base is in Fairbanks (Fairbanks International Airport), with hubs in Barrow (Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport), Anchorage (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport), Kotzebue (Ralph Wien Memorial Airport) and Bethel (Bethel Airport).

Contents

History

Fleet

Destinations

Confusion with Frontier Airlines

References

External links

History

Frontier Flying Service was established in 1950 by retired Air Force Colonel Richard McIntyre, catering to Alaska bush communities as a scheduled mail carrier for Wien Air Alaska, as well as providing charters throughout Alaska. In 1974, Frontier was purchased by John Hajdukovich.
In 2005 the airline merged with Cape Smythe Air Services, taking on their routes and retaining the Frontier Flying Service name.^[1]

Fleet

The Frontier Flying Service fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 2007):^[2]

Type	Number
Raytheon Beech BE-1900-C	9
Piper PA-31-350	11

Destinations

Frontier Flying Service operates scheduled service to the following destinations in Alaska (as of 2007):^[3]
#Anchorage (ANC) - Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
#Aniak (ANI) - Aniak Airport
#Anvik (ANV) - Anvik Airport
#Atqasuk (ATK) - Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport
#Barrow (BRW) - Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport
#Barter Island / Kaktovik (BTI) - Barter Island LRRS
#Bethel (BET) - Bethel Airport
#Brevig Mission (KTS) - Brevig Mission Airport
#Buckland (BKC) - Buckland Airport
#Deadhorse (SCC) - Deadhorse Airport
#Deering (DRG) - Deering Airport
#Elim (ELI) - Elim Airport
#Fairbanks (FAI) - Fairbanks International Airport
#Fort Yukon (FYU) - Fort Yukon Airport
#Galena (GAL) - Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport
#Gambell (GAM) - Gambell Airport
#Golovin (GLV) - Golovin Airport
#Grayling (KGX) - Grayling Airport
#Holy Cross (HCR) - Holy Cross Airport
#Huslia (HSL) - Huslia Airport
#Kalskag (KLG) - Kalskag Airport
#Kaltag (KAL) - Kaltag Airport
#Kiana (IAN) - Bob Baker Memorial Airport
#Kivalina (KVL) - Kivalina Airport
#Kotzebue (OTZ) - Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
#Koyuk (KKA) - Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport
#Koyukuk (KYU) - Koyukuk Airport
#Noatak (WTK) - Noatak Airport
#Nome (OME) - Nome Airport
#Noorvik (ORV) - Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport
#Nuiqsut (AQT/NUI) - Nuiqsut Airport
#Nulato (NUL) - Nulato Airport
#Point Hope (PHO) - Point Hope Airport
#Point Lay (PIZ) - Point Lay LRRS
#Ruby (RBY) - Ruby Airport
#Russian Mission (RSH) - Russian Mission Airport
#Savoonga (SVA) - Savoonga Airport
#Selawik (WLK) - Selawik Airport
#Shageluk (SHX) - Shageluk Airport
#Shishmaref (SHH) - Shishmaref Airport
#St. Mary's (KSM) - St. Mary's Airport
#Tanana (TAL) - Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport
#Teller (TLA) - Teller Airport
#Wainwright (AIN) - Wainwright Airport
#Wales (WAA) - Wales Airport
#White Mountain (WMO) - White Mountain Airport

Confusion with Frontier Airlines

Frontier Flying Service is occasionally confused with Denver-based Frontier Airlines, because of the similarity in name. Passengers at Anchorage International Airport are especially prone to this confusion, because both ''Frontiers'' fly out of this airport.

References

1. Frontier Flying merges with Cape Smythe
2. FAA Airline Certificate Information: FRONTIER FLYING SERVICE INC. Retrieved on 2007-08-29.
3. Frontier Flying Service: 2007 Timetable (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-08-29.

External links

★ Frontier Flying Service (official site)