Alaska Central Express is an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

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 in Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...

, USA

United States

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. It is an Alaskan-owned cargo and small package express service. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

History

The airline was created in 1996 when the certificate was bought from the failed Part 135 operator Alaska Central Express formerly located in Fairbanks Alaska

Much of the original pilots, staff, mechanics, and equipment including three Raytheon Beechcraft 1900Cs came from MarkAir Express, a subsidiarity of the bankrupt "MarkAir

MarkAir

MarkAir was a regional airline. It had its headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It ceased operations and liquidated in 1995.-Former Code Data:* ICAO Code: MRK* IATA--BF* Callsign: MarkAir-History:...

" . In 2007 with the purchase of N115AX a 'combi' Passenger/Cargo Beech 1900C, ACE Air Cargo began charter passenger flights. As of present, Alaska Central Express owns four airplanes with plans for future expansion.

Destinations

Alaska Central Express operates freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Anchorage, Aniak

Aniak, Alaska

Aniak is a city in the Bethel Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 572.-Geography: ....

, Atmautluak

Atmautluak, Alaska

Atmautluak is a census-designated place in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 294 at the 2000 census.-History:The area has been traditionally been inhabited by Yup'ik Eskimo....

, Bethel

Bethel, Alaska

Bethel is a city located near the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, west of Anchorage. Accessible only by air and river, Bethel is the main port on the Kuskokwim River and is an administrative and transportation hub for the 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.Bethel is the largest...

, Chefornak

Chefornak, Alaska

Chefornak is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 394.-Geography:Chefornak is located at ....

, Chevak

Chevak, Alaska

Chevak is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 765....

, Cold Bay

Cold Bay, Alaska

Cold Bay is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States.Cold Bay is one of the main commercial centers of the Alaska Peninsula, and is home to Cold Bay Airport.-History:...

, Dillingham

Dillingham, Alaska

- Natural resources :Dillingham was once known as the Pacific salmon capital of the world and commercial fishing remains an important part of the local economy...

, Dutch Harbor

Unalaska, Alaska

Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska....

, Eek

Eek, Alaska

Eek is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 280.-Geography:Eek is located at ....

, Hooper Bay

Hooper Bay, Alaska

Hooper Bay or Naparyarmiut is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,014. The Boards of Canada EP Hooper Bay was named after the city....

, Juneau, Ketchikan

Ketchikan, Alaska

Ketchikan is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the southeasternmost sizable city in that state. With an estimated population of 7,368 in 2010 within the city limits, it is the fifth most populous city in the state....

, King Salmon

King Salmon, Alaska

King Salmon is a census-designated place in Bristol Bay Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census the population was 442...

, Kipnuk

Kipnuk, Alaska

Kipnuk is a census-designated place in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 644....

, Kodiak

Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

-National protected areas:* Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ** Barren Islands** Semidi Wilderness*** Semidi Islands** Trinity Islands*** Sitkinak Island*** Tugidak Island...

, Kongiganak

Kongiganak, Alaska

Kongiganak is a census-designated place in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 359.-Geography:Kongiganak is located at ....

, Kwigillingok

Kwigillingok, Alaska

Kwigillingok is a census-designated place in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 388 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Kwigillingok is located at ....

, Marshall

Marshall, Alaska

Marshall is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 349.-Geography:Marshall is located at ....

, Newtok

Newtok, Alaska

Newtok is a village on the Ninglick River in western Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 321. Erosion is forcing the primarily Yupik Alaska Native village to consider relocation. The town was featured in History Channel's Tougher in Alaska, episode "Dangerous Earth"...

, Nightmute

Nightmute, Alaska

Nightmute is a village in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 208.-Geography:Nightmute is located on Nelson Island near Toksook Bay...

, Petersburg

Petersburg, Alaska

Petersburg is a city in Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. According to 2009 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 2,824 full time residents.- History :...

, Port Heiden

Port Heiden, Alaska

Port Heiden is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 119.-Geography:Port Heiden is located at ....

, Quinhagak

Quinhagak, Alaska

Quinhagak is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 555....

, Sand Point

Sand Point, Alaska

Sand Point, also known as Qagun Tayagungin, is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 952. In 2009, the population was 962. It is located on northwestern Popof Island, off the Alaska Peninsula...

, Scammon Bay

Scammon Bay, Alaska

Scammon Bay is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 465.-Geography:...

, Sitka

Sitka City and Borough, Alaska

The City and Borough of Sitka, originally called New Archangel under Russian Rule, is a unified city-borough located on Baranof Island and the southern half of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean , in the U.S...

, St George Island

St. George Island (Alaska)

St. George Island is one of the Pribilof Islands of the state of Alaska, USA, in the Bering Sea off the western coast of the state. The island has a land area of 90 km² and a population of about 100 people, all living in its only community, the city of St...

, St Paul Island

Saint Paul Island, Alaska

Saint Paul Island is the largest of the Pribilof Islands, a group of five Alaskan volcanic islands located in the Bering Sea between the United States and Russia. The city of St. Paul is the only residential area on the island. The two nearest islands to Saint Paul Island are Otter Island to the...

, Togiak

Togiak, Alaska

Togiak is a city in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 809.-Geography:...

, Toksook Bay

Toksook Bay, Alaska

Toksook Bay is a village on Nelson Island in Alaska. As of the 2000 census the population was 532, making it the largest village on the island.Toksook Bay was established in 1964 by residents of nearby Nightmute...

, Tuntutuliak

Tuntutuliak, Alaska

Tuntutuliak is a census-designated place in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 370.-Geography:Tuntutuliak is located at ....

, Tununak

Tununak, Alaska

Tununak is a census-designated place in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 325.-Geography:Tununak is located at ....

, Wrangell

Wrangell, Alaska

Wrangell is a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 2,308.Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw . The Tlingit people residing in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine...

 and Yakutat

Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska

Yakutat City and Borough is a unified city-borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4035. The name is Tlingit, Yaakwdáat, meaning "the place where canoes rest", but it originally derives from an Eyak name diyaʼqudaʼt and was influenced by the Tlingit word...

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Fleet

The Alaska Central Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007):

• 4 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner
  Beechcraft 1900
  The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop airplane manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of the Raytheon Company . It was designed, and is primarily used, as a regional airliner...
  
  

Accidents and incidents

On 22 January 2010, an Alaska Central Express Beechcraft 1900C operating as Flight 22 crashed in the sea off the end of the runway seconds after taking off at Sand Point

Sand Point, Alaska

Sand Point, also known as Qagun Tayagungin, is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 952. In 2009, the population was 962. It is located on northwestern Popof Island, off the Alaska Peninsula...

airport, killing both crew.