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Reeve Aleutian Airways was an airline

Airline

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headquartered in Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

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, Alaska

Alaska

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, United States

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. It ceased operations on December 5, 2000.

Founding

In February 1946, Bob Reeve received a call informing him that some ex USAAF C-47

C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.-Design and...

s and DC-3s were for sale. Reeve bought his first DC-3, N19906, for $20,000 with $3,000 down and the balance payable over 3 years. The cost of conversion to civilian standard was quoted at $50,000 but Reeve did the work himself at a cost of $5,000.

A strike by sailors on steamships operating between Seattle and Anchorage started on April 6, 1946. Reeve, along with Merritt Boyle and Bill Borland began flying between Seattle and Anchorage, with stops at Juneau, Yakutat

Yakutat

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or Annette Island

Annette Island

Annette Island, or Taak'w Aan, is an island in Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean on the southeastern coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is at . It is about long and about wide. The land area is...

. Each trip carried a full load of 21 passengers and took an average of 9½ hours. In 53 days, 26 round trips were made. Reeve would work all night on inspections and maintenance of the plane whilst at Spokane

Spokane International Airport

Spokane International Airport is a commercial airport located about west of downtown Spokane in Spokane County, Washington. It is the primary airport for Spokane, eastern Washington, Coeur d'Alene, and northern Idaho...

, and then fly back to Anchorage having had very little sleep. Reeve earned $93,000 from this activity, enough to pay for the DC-3 and buy three more.

In July 1946, DC-3 N91016 was purchased from the USAF. In the winter of 1946–47, Reeve filed with the CAA

CAA

-Arts:*China Academy of Art, the highest university of art in China which founded in 1928*College Art Association, a professional association in the United States for scholars of art, art history, and art criticism...

for a license to operate on the 1783 miles (2,869.5 km) run between Anchorage and Attu

Attu Island

Attu is the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, making it the westernmost point of land relative to Alaska and the United States. It was the site of the only World War II land battle fought on the incorporated territory of the United States ,...

, and in the summer of 1947 he was making weekly flights down the chain. Within a year, he was running a twice-weekly service, keeping all four DC-3s busy. It was during this time that Reeve Aleutian suffered its first accident. DC-3 N46567 being damaged in an accident during take-off at Merrill Field

Merrill Field

Merrill Field is a public-use general aviation airport located one mile east of downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by Municipality of Anchorage....

. The aircraft was insured, and Reeve bought a twin-engined Beechcraft

Beechcraft Model 18

The Beechcraft Model 18, or "Twin Beech", as it is better known, is a 6-11 seat, twin-engine, low-wing, conventional-gear aircraft that was manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas...

and a Lockheed Electra 10-B

Lockheed Model 10 Electra

The Lockheed Model 10 Electra was a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane airliner developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s to compete with the Boeing 247 and Douglas DC-2...

NC14994 to replace the DC-3, which subsequently repaired and eventually sold to Los Angeles Air Service

On March 24, 1947, Reeve Aleutian Airways was incorporated. The company was running scheduled and charter services all over Alaska, despite not having a formal CAA certificate. About this time, Reeve was ordered to get authorization to use the wartime Chain bases he was using. Reeve flew to Washington and leased Dutch Harbor field and acquired landing permits for Kodiak

Kodiak, Alaska

Kodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline...

, Adak

Adak, Alaska

Adak , formerly Adak Station, is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 326. It is the westernmost municipality in the United States and the southernmost city in Alaska. The city is the former location of the Adak Army Base and Adak...

and Attu. Electra NC14994 was traded in during 1947, going to Continental Airlines.

In April 1948, Reeve Aleutian Airways was granted a temporary, five-year airline certificate. With the need to run the business on proper business lines (maintain an office, publish schedules and tariffs etc.), the Beechcraft and Electra were traded in for two Sikorsky S-43

Sikorsky S-43

-External links:* - Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43...

amphibians. In October 1948, Port Heiden was de-activated, followed by Dutch Harbor, Attu and Umnak

Umnak

Umnak is one of the Fox Islands of the Aleutian Islands. With of land area, it is the third largest island in the Aleutian archipelago and the 19th largest island in the United States. The island is home to a large volcanic caldera on Mount Okmok and is separated from Unalaska Island by Umnak Pass...

. Reeve took over Umnak and conceded Attu, which was not vital to his operations. About this time, the Naval Air Transport Service began selling tickets to Adak in competition with Reeve. Reeve went to Washington and met with Louis Johnson

Louis A. Johnson

Louis Arthur Johnson was the second United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the cabinet of President Harry S. Truman from March 28, 1949 to September 19, 1950....

, who granted all the business in the area to Reeve. In 1948, DC-3 N49363 was purchased from Arnold Air Service, Sikorsky S-43 N53294 and Grumman G-21 Goose

Grumman Goose

The Grumman G-21 Goose amphibious aircraft was designed as an eight-seat "commuter" plane for businessmen in the Long Island area. The Goose was Grumman’s first monoplane to fly, its first twin-engined aircraft, and its first aircraft to enter commercial airline service...

N95468 was also purchased.

In March 1949, four days' notice was given that Shemya

Shemya

Shemya or Simiya is a small island in the Near Islands group of the Semichi Islands chain in the Aleutian Islands archipelago southwest of Alaska, at . It has a land area of 5.903 sq mi , and is about 1,200 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.The Russian vessel Saint Peter and Paul wrecked at...

was to close. This base was vital to Reeve, as it was an all-weather alternative to Adak, Amchitka

Amchitka

Amchitka is a volcanic, tectonically unstable island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska. It is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The island is about long, and from wide...

and Attu. Northwest

Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines, Inc. was a major United States airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines by a merger approved on October 29, 2008, making Delta the largest airline in the world...

also needed the base on its run to the Orient. Reeve and Croil Hunter (President of Northwest) flew to Washington to plead their case without success, but on their way back to the hotel, Reeve met Major General Sam Anderson, who had served with Reeve's brother Richard, and explained their predicament with the result that the military were persuaded to pronounce the field "militarily desirable" and thus Shemya was saved.

S-43 N15062 was purchased in March 1950. In late 1950, the bank was reluctant to loan Reeve any more capital. Reeve flew to Seattle in an effort to get a loan, but was turned down. He ran into Elmer Rasmusson, an Anchorage banker whilst in Seattle, with the result that Rasmusson loaned him $125,000 to get going again. On the day he got the loan, Reeve heard that Pacific Airmotive, who were doing his maintenance, were going out of business in Alaska. Reeve flew back to Anchorage and bought the business, which was renamed Reeve Airmotive.

In 1952, the new Anchorage International Airport opened and all the other airlines moved there. The CAA was going to close Merrill Field, but it was retained for use by Reeve Aleutian and private operators. in 1953, final military deactivation of the Aleutian airfields occurred. Reeve obtained leases on Shemya and Cold Bay. Shemya closed in 1954 and all flights were switched to Cold Bay. In January 1957, DC-3 N49363 was sold to Twentieth Century Aircraft. During the 1950s, St. George

St. George, Alaska

St. George is a city in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 152. It is the main settlement of St. George Island in the Pribilofs, a small island group in the Bering Sea.-Geography:...

and Chernofski were served by airdrop, Reeve installing salvaged bomb releases in his DC-3s to enable this.

Expansion

By the mid 1950s, it was apparent that the DC-3s were not big enough for Reeve Aleutian. Therefore, the DC-4 was selected to supplement the DC-3s, eventually replacing them. Reeve's first DC-4 was N63396, Purchased in March 1957 from Twentieth Century Airlines, which was going out of business. The first scheduled DC-4 flight was on March 12, 1957. The route was Anchorage-Kodiak-Cold Bay-Adak-Amchitka

Amchitka

-Shemya-Attu. Umnak was served as required.

In 1957, the Distant Early Warning line

Distant Early Warning Line

The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland...

was being constructed, bringing a boom to Reeve Aleutian. In 1957, S-43 N53294 was traded in, Curtiss C-46 Commando

C-46 Commando

The Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C...

s N1302N and N10012 were purchased from Cordova Airlines and Grumman G-21 Goose N1513V leased from Interior Airways. S-43 N15062 was sold in March 1958. C-46 N1302N was written off in an accident on May 31, 1958 at Driftwood Bay, Alaska. C-46 N9852F was purchased from Boreas Corporation in July 1958. DC-4 N63396 was written off in September 1958 at Great Sitkin Island, Alaska. DC-4 N91067 was purchased from Boreas Corporation in October 1958. Merrill Field proved too small for the DC-4, so Reeve Aleutian moved to Anchorage International in 1958. In January 1959 a Beechcraft D-50 Twin Bonanza was purchased. DC-4 N41341 was purchased from Boreas Corporation in 1959. By the early 1960s, the DC-4 was proving outdated, and therefore a DC-6B was purchased in January 1962. This aircraft, N65L, had formerly served as SX-DAF with Olympic Airways of Greece and had been the personal aircraft of Aristotle Onassis

Aristotle Onassis

Aristotle Sokratis Onassis , commonly called Ari or Aristo Onassis, was a prominent Greek shipping magnate.- Early life :Onassis was born in Karatass, a suburb of Smyrna to Socrates and Penelope Onassis...

. DC-4 N41341 was sold to Alaska Airlines in December 1962. The D-50 was sold in 1963 and C-46 N1822M was purchased. DC-6A N6119C was purchased in January 1963. DC-3 N91016 was damaged beyond repair on 29 May 1965 at Nikolski, Alaska. DC-3 N75142 was purchased from Northern Consolidated Airlines in June 1965. DC-3 N2768A was leased from Red Dodge Aviation during 1965. The sole remaining DC-4, N91067, was only used for freight and charter work after this, being sold in 1965. DC-6B N7919C and Helio Courier

Helio Courier

The Helio Courier is a light C/STOL utility aircraft designed in 1949.Around 500 of these aircraft were manufactured in Pittsburg, Kansas from 1954 until 1974 by the Helio Aircraft Company. During the early 1980s, new owners made an attempt to build new aircraft with direct-drive Lycoming engines,...

N5453E were purchased in 1965. C-46 N1651M was purchased in January 1966. C-46 N10012 was involved in an accident on February 17, 1966 at Homer, Alaska. DC-3 N49319 was leased from Red Dodge Aviation from October 1967 to July 1968.

1970s

The late 1960s saw the emergence of the Lockheed L-188 Electra

Lockheed L-188 Electra

The Lockheed Model 188 Electra is an American turboprop airliner built by Lockheed. First flying in 1957, it was the first large turboprop airliner produced in the United States. Initial sales were good, but after two fatal crashes which prompted an expensive modification program to fix a design...

, which was to be backbone of Reeve Aleutian's business from then on. The first, N1968R (ex ZK-CLX of Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand Limited is the national airline and flag carrier of New Zealand. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to 26 domestic destinations and 24 international destinations in 15 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania, and is...

) was purchased from California Airmotive in February 1968. With the acquisition of the Electras, the DC-6s were phased out of passenger service. Goose N1513V was written off on June 22, 1970 at False Pass, Alaska. Electra N9744C was purchased in September 1970. C-46 N10012 was written off on February 10, 1971 at Nondalton, Alaska. Electra N7140C was purchased in April 1972. Goose N1513V was written off on February 10, 1971 at False Pass, Alaska. Goose N4763C was purchased from Alaska Coastal Airlines

Alaska Coastal Airlines

Alaska Coastal Airlines was formed in 1939 as a result of the merger of Alaska Air Transport and Marine Airways. On April 1, 1962 Alaska Coastal Airlines merged with Ellis Air Lines, trading for a while as Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines. Alaska Coastal Airlines was taken over by Alaska Airlines in...

in 1972.

Reeve Aleutian still had DC-3s in service, and a replacement was sought. The NAMC YS-11

NAMC YS-11

The NAMC YS-11 is a turboprop airliner built by a Japanese consortium, the Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation. The program was initiated by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1954, the aircraft was rolled out in 1962, and production ceased in 1974.-Development and design:In...

A was decided on and the first plane, N172RV was purchased new in 1972. In 1973, the Electra was certified by the CAA to land on gravel runways. YS-11 N173RV was purchased new in that year.

On November 11, 1974, there was a hangar fire at Anchorage, and two aircraft were lost - Electra N7140C and YS-11A N172RV. C-46 N1651M was sold to Fairbanks Air Service in 1974. YS-11 N171RV was purchased from Toa Domestic Airlines (TDA) in January 1975. DC-3s N19906 and N75142 were sold to Northern Air Cargo

Northern Air Cargo

Northern Air Cargo is an American cargo airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It operates services within Alaska and to Canada and mainland USA. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, with a hub at Fairbanks International Airport....

in 1975. In April 1977, Gooses N4763C and N95468 were sold to Peninsula Airways, and their service subcontracted for services out of Cold Bay. These aircraft are still in daily service with PenAir

PenAir

Peninsula Airways, doing business as PenAir, is an American airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. It is Alaska's second largest commuter airline operating an extensive scheduled passenger and cargo service, as well as charter and medevac services...

. Electra N5525 was lease-purchased from Eastern Airlines in July 1977 to replace the one lost in the fire. N5525 was traded in in December 1977. Electra N178RV was purchased from American Jet Industries in April 1978. DC-6Bs N65L and N7919C were sold to Northern Air Cargo in 1978, the latter aircraft in June of that year.

In 1979, Reeve Aleutian started a service from Cold Bay to Seattle-Tacoma

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

The Seattle–Tacoma International Airport , also known as Sea–Tac Airport or Sea–Tac , is an American airport located in SeaTac, Washington, at the intersections of State Routes 99 and 509 and 518, about west of Interstate 5...

.This service lasted for three and a half years. During that time, only seven flights were cancelled due to weather and two due to mechanical reasons out of 458 scheduled flights. YS-11 N169RV was purchased from the Gabon

Gabon

Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

Government in February 1980. DC-6A N6119C was sold to Northern Air Cargo in April 1980. C-46 N9852F was sold in 1980. C-46 N1822M was sold in 1981. YS-11A N172RV was involved in an accident on February 16, 1982 at King Salmon, Alaska. it was returned to service. Electra N1968R suffered loss of No.4 propeller in-flight while enroute from Cold Bay to Seattle on June 8, 1983. Piloted by Jim Gibson, it landed safely at Anchorage, Alaska. It too was repaired and returned to service. Electra N7135C was purchased from Zantop International Airlines

Zantop International Airlines

Zantop International Airlines, Inc., was incorporated in May, 1972 as a Michigan corporation, the stock of which was 100% owned by the Zantop family. The same persons had formerly operated Zantop Flying Service and Zantop Air Transport.-History:...

in September 1983 and withdrawn from service for use as a spares source, eventually being scrapped at Anchorage.

The jet age

In December 1983, Reeve Aleutian purchased two Boeing 727

Boeing 727

The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, narrow-body, three-engine, T-tailed commercial jet airliner, manufactured by Boeing. The Boeing 727 first flew in 1963, and for over a decade more were built per year than any other jet airliner. When production ended in 1984 a total of 1,832 aircraft had been produced...

-22QC aircraft from Wien Air Alaska

Wien Air Alaska

Wien Air Alaska was formed from Northern Consolidated Airlines and Wien Alaska Airways. The company was famous for being the first airline in Alaska, and one of the first in the United States.-History:...

. They were N831RV RCR and N832RV Tilly. During the Christmas 1985 holiday, there was a large backlog of mail at Seattle-Tacoma, and Reeve Aleutian contracted with the USPS to relieve the backlog.

The airline entered the 1990s on a relatively tight budget, with three aircraft mothballed and one leased out (as of 1988). YS-11A N169RV was sold to Trinidad

Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...

in February 1995. In August 1999, Reeve Aleutian entered into a code-share agreement with Alaska Air on the route between Seattle, Anchorage and Petrovpavlosk and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. One of the Electras was sold in 1999.

Ceased Operations

Reeve Aleutian ceased operations on December 5, 2000, and about 250 people were declared redundant. Reasons given for the situation included increased competition and high fuel prices. At the end, only Electra N178RV and 727 N832RV were in service. N831RV being withdrawn from use at Anchorage. 727 N831RV was sold to São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off...

in March 2001, with N832RV following in June. YS-11A N171RV was sold to Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

in March 2002.

Accidents

Several aircraft belonging to Reeve Aleutian were involved in accidents.

late 1940s. DC-3 N46567 damaged in a take-off accident at Merrill Field, Anchorage.
May 31, 1958. Curtiss C-46 Commando N1302N written off at Driftwood Bay, Alaska.
September 24, 1958. DC-4 N63396 crashed on Great Sitkin Island
Great Sitkin Island
Great Sitkin Island is a volcanic island in the Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The island covers a total area of and lies slightly north of a group islands which are located between Adak Island and Atka Island....

, Alaska, 16 killed.
May 29, 1965. DC-3 N91016 damaged beyond repair at Nikolski, Alaska
Nikolski, Alaska
Nikolski is a census-designated place on Umnak Island in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 39 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nikolski is located at .According to the U.S...

.
February 17, 1966. Curtiss C-46 Commando N10012 accident at Homer, Alaska
Homer, Alaska
Homer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population was 5,364. One of Homer's nicknames is "the cosmic hamlet by the sea"; another is "the end of the road"...

, repaired and returned to service.
February 10, 1971. Curtiss C-46 Commando N10012 written off at Nondalton, Alaska
Nondalton, Alaska
Nondalton is a city located on the west shore of Six Mile Lake in the Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 221.-Geography:Nondalton is located at ....

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June 22, 1972. Grumman Goose N1513V written off at False Pass, Alaska
False Pass, Alaska
False Pass is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. Isanax̂ is the Aleut name for present day Isanotski Strait and means gap, hole, rent, or tear in the Aleut language which was rendered as Isanotski in transliterated Russian...

.
November 6, 1974. Lockheed L-188 Electra N7140C destroyed by fire at Anchorage, Alaska.
November 6, 1974. NAMC YS-11A N172RV destroyed by fire at Anchorage, Alaska.
February 16, 1982. NAMC YS-11A N169RV accident at King Salmon, Alaska
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...

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June 8, 1983. Lockheed L-188 Electra N1968R accident at Anchorage, Alaska, repaired and returned to service.

Destinations

Reeve Aleutian Airways served the following destinations. * Denotes air drop only.

Alaska

Scheduled.

Adak Is.
Adak Island
Adak Island is an island near the western extent of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Alaska's southernmost town, Adak, is located on the island...

., Amchitka
Amchitka
Amchitka is a volcanic, tectonically unstable island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska. It is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The island is about long, and from wide...

Is., Anchorage
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...

, Atka Is.
Atka Island
Atka Island is the largest island in the Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The island is east of Adak Island. It is long and wide with a land area of , making it the 22nd largest island in the United States. The northeast of Atka Island contains the Korovin volcano which...

, Attu Is.
Attu Island
Attu is the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, making it the westernmost point of land relative to Alaska and the United States. It was the site of the only World War II land battle fought on the incorporated territory of the United States ,...

, Nikolski, Sand Point, Port Moller, Shemya Island, Cape Sarichef, King Cove, False Pass, Akutan Island, Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, Ivanof Bay, Sanak Island, Perryville, Chernofski*, Cold Bay, Dutch Harbor, 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...

, Kodiak
Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline...

, Port Heiden, Shemya
Shemya
Shemya or Simiya is a small island in the Near Islands group of the Semichi Islands chain in the Aleutian Islands archipelago southwest of Alaska, at . It has a land area of 5.903 sq mi , and is about 1,200 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.The Russian vessel Saint Peter and Paul wrecked at...

Is., St. George Is.
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 Is., Umnak
Umnak
Umnak is one of the Fox Islands of the Aleutian Islands. With of land area, it is the third largest island in the Aleutian archipelago and the 19th largest island in the United States. The island is home to a large volcanic caldera on Mount Okmok and is separated from Unalaska Island by Umnak Pass...

Is.,

Chartered.

Aniak, Aufeis, Awuna, Barrow

Barrow, Alaska

Barrow is the largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is one of the northernmost cities in the world and is the northernmost city in the United States of America, with nearby Point Barrow being the nation's northernmost point. Barrow's population was 4,212 at the...

, Beluga

Beluga, Alaska

Beluga is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 32 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Beluga is located at ....

, 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...

, Bettles, Big Delta, Big Mountain, Cape Lisburne, Cape Newenham, Cape Romanzof, Cape Sarichef, Cathedral River, Clear, Coldfoot, Collinsville, Colorado Creek, Colville River

Colville River (Alaska)

The Colville River is a major river of the Arctic Ocean coast of Alaska in the United States, approximately 350 mi long. One of the northernmost major rivers in the North America, it drains a remote area of tundra on the north side of the Brooks Range entirely above the Arctic Circle...

, Cordova

Cordova, Alaska

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,454 people, 958 households, and 597 families residing in the city. The population density was 40.0 per square mile . There are 1,099 housing units at an average density of 17.9 per square mile...

, Crow Creek, David River, Deadhorse, Deitrich Pass, Delta Junction, Dillingham, Drift River, Driftwood Bay, East Teshekpuk Lake, Eight Mile Lake, Eielson AFB

Eielson Air Force Base

Eielson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska and just southeast of Moose Creek, Alaska....

, Fairbanks

Fairbanks

Fairbanks may refer to:Places in the United States*Fairbanks, Alaska, city*Fairbanks, California, unincorporated community in El Dorado County*Fairbanks, Mendocino County, California, former settlement*Fairbanks, Indiana, unincorporated community...

, Farewell, Flat

Flat, Alaska

Flat is a census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the CDP was 0.- History :...

, Fort Greely

Fort Greely

Fort Greely is a United States Army launch site for anti-ballistic missiles located approximately 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. It is also the home of the Cold Regions Test Center , as Fort Greely is one of the coldest areas in Alaska, and can accommodate cold, extreme cold, or...

, Fort Richardson, Fort Yukon, Franklin Bluffs, Franks Cabin, Galbraith Lake, Galena

Galena, Alaska

Galena is the largest city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 675.-History:...

, Gamble, Glacier Bay

Glacier Bay

Glacier Bay Basin in southeastern Alaska, United States, encompasses the Glacier Bay and surrounding mountains and glaciers, which was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925 and which was later, on Dec...

(Gustavus), Granite Mountain, Granite Point, GP-1, Happy Valley

Happy Valley, Alaska

Happy Valley is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 489.-Geography:Happy Valley is located at ....

, Helmrick Strip, Herendeen Bay, Homer

Homer, Alaska

Homer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population was 5,364. One of Homer's nicknames is "the cosmic hamlet by the sea"; another is "the end of the road"...

, Ice Island, Icy Bay, Iliamna

Iliamna, Alaska

Iliamna is a census-designated place in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 102 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Iliamna is located at ....

, Ikpikpuk, Iniskin Bay, Ivotuk, Jade Mountain (Kobuk)

Kobuk, Alaska

Kobuk is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 109.-Geography:Kobuk is located at ....

, Juneau, Kalakatek Creek, Kalubik Creek, Kenai

Kenai, Alaska

Kenai is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 7,464...

, Ketchikan, King Cove, Kotzebue

Kotzebue

Kotzebue is the name of the following people:*August von Kotzebue, dramatist*Otto von Kotzebue, navigatorKotzebue is also the name of a place:*Kotzebue, Alaska*Kotzebue Sound...

, Kulik, Lake Louise

Lake Louise, Alaska

Lake Louise is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. Although it is an isolated settlement and is close to Glennallen, it is considered part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area like all other locations in the Mat-Su Borough. At the 2000...

, Lake Minchumina, Lonley, McCarthy

McCarthy, Alaska

McCarthy is a census-designated place in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 42 at the 2000 census.- Geography and location:...

, McGrath

McGrath, Alaska

As of the census of 2000, there were 401 people, 145 households, and 99 families residing in the city. The population density was 8.2 people per square mile . There were 213 housing units at an average density of 4.4 per square mile...

, Minchumina, Nenana

Nenana, Alaska

Nenana is a Home Rule City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana lies at the juncture of the Nenana River and the Tanana River. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. "Nenana" means 'a good place to camp between two rivers.'-History...

, Nikolski

Nikolski, Alaska

Nikolski is a census-designated place on Umnak Island in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 39 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nikolski is located at .According to the U.S...

, Nome

Nome, Alaska

Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the...

, Nondalton, Northeast Cape, Northway

Northway, Alaska

Northway is a census-designated place in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 95 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Northway is located at ....

, Nyac, Ophir

Ophir, Alaska

Ophir is an unincorporated area located in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.It was named by miners after the wealthy land of Ophir mentioned in the Old Testament. The area was the site of a gold rush in 1906. Ophir reached a peak population of 122 in 1910.Ophir is now...

, Oliktok, Painter Creek, Pilot Point

Pilot Point, Alaska

Pilot Point is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States, on the Alaska Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 100.-Geography:Pilot Point is located at...

, Platinum

Platinum, Alaska

Platinum is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 41 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Platinum is located at .-History:...

, Pontilia Lake, Poorman, Port Barrow

Barrow, Alaska

, Port Clarence

Port Clarence, Alaska

Port Clarence is a census-designated place in Nome Census Area, Alaska. The population was 21 at the 2000 census. It is located on the spit separating the bay of Port Clarence from the Bering Strait.-History:...

, Port Moller, Pribilof Islands

Pribilof Islands

The Pribilof Islands are a group of four volcanic islands off the coast of mainland Alaska, in the Bering Sea, about north of Unalaska and 200 miles southwest of Cape Newenham. The Siberia coast is roughly northwest...

, Prospect Creek

Prospect Creek, Alaska

Prospect Creek is a very small settlement approximately 180 miles north of present day Fairbanks and 25 miles southeast of present day Bettles, Alaska. Years ago it was home to numerous mining expeditions and the camp for the building of the Alaskan pipeline. Today, it is mostly desolate with...

, Prudhoe Bay, Purkeypile, Rainy Pass, Red Devil

Red Devil, Alaska

Red Devil is a census-designated place in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 48 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Red Devil is located at ....

, Roberta's Lake, Ruby

Ruby, Alaska

Ruby is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 188.-Geography:Ruby is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ....

, Sagwon, 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...

, Sandy River, Sarichef-Scotch Cape

Cape Sarichef Airport

Cape Sarichef Airport was a small landing strip located on the western end of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was used to supply and support a United States Coast Guard LORAN station and U.S. Air Force DEW Line site during the Cold War.It is now a private-use...

, Savoonga, Sennett Point, Sitka, Sitkinak Is.

Sitkinak Island

Sitkinak Island is an island of the Kodiak Archipelago of the state of Alaska, USA. It lies south of the southern tip of Kodiak Island in the western part of the Gulf of Alaska. Tugidak Island lies to its west. The two islands are the largest components of the Trinity Islands of Alaska...

, Skwentna, Stephan Lake, Sleetmute, Soldotna, Sparrevohn, St. Mary's

St. Mary's, Alaska

St. Mary's is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 500.-Geography:St...

, Talkeetna, Tanalian Point (Port Alsworth)

Port Alsworth, Alaska

Port Alsworth is a census-designated place in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 104 at the 2000 census....

, Tanana

Tanana, Alaska

Tanana is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 308. It is formerly known as Clachotin...

, Tatalina

Tatalina Air Force Station

Tatalina Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west-southwest of McGrath, Alaska....

, Tin City, Trinity, Tunalik, Tungak, Tyonek, Ugashik

Ugashik, Alaska

Ugashik is a census-designated place in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 11 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ugashik is located at ....

, Umiat

Umiat, Alaska

Umiat is an unincorporated community in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States, on the Colville River. It is located 140 miles southwest of Deadhorse in the Arctic Circle. The town is not accessible by road or rail. In 1944, the Naval Oil Reserve was set up and it later became an air force...

, Unalakleet, Ungalik, Utopia Creek (Indian Mountain), Valdez

Valdez, Alaska

Valdez is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,020. The city is one of the most important ports in Alaska. The port of Valdez was named in 1790 after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y...

, Wainwright

Wainwright, Alaska

Wainwright or Ulguniq or Kuuk is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 546, making it the third largest city in the North Slope Borough. The community was named after Wainwright Lagoon, which in turn was named an officer under Capt. F.W....

, Walakpa, West Forlands, Wide Bay, Wind River

Wind River (northern Alaska)

The Wind River is a river in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a designated National Wild and Scenic River. It arises in the Smith Mountains and flows into the East Fork of the Chandalar River .-See also:...

, Yakataga

Yakataga Airport

Yakataga Airport is a public-use airport serving Yakataga in the U.S. state of Alaska. It lies in the western section of Yakutat Borough. Scheduled passenger service at this airport is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.- Facilities...

, Yakutat

Yakutat

, Yakutat Bay

Yakutat Bay

Yakutat Bay is a 29-km-wide bay in the U.S. state of Alaska, extending southwest from Disenchantment Bay to the Gulf of Alaska. "Yakutat" is a Tlingit name reported as "Jacootat" and "Yacootat" by Yuri Lisianski in 1805....

USA

Everett

Everett, Washington

Everett is the county seat of and the largest city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Named for Everett Colby, son of founder Charles L. Colby, it lies north of Seattle. The city had a total population of 103,019 at the 2010 census, making it the 6th largest in the state and...

, Honolulu, Houston, Portland

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, Seattle-Tacoma.

Canada

Dawson

Dawson City, Yukon

The Town of the City of Dawson or Dawson City is a town in the Yukon, Canada.The population was 1,327 at the 2006 census. The area draws some 60,000 visitors each year...

, Edmonton

Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

, Fort St. John

Fort St. John, British Columbia

The City of Fort St. John is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Peace River Regional District, the city covers an area of about 22 km² with 22,000 residents . Located at Mile 47, it is one of the largest cities along the Alaska Highway. Originally...

, Hay River

Hay River, Northwest Territories

Hay River , known as "the Hub of the North," is a town in the Northwest Territories, Canada, located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, at the mouth of the Hay River. The town is separated into two sections, a new town and an old town with the Hay River Airport between them...

, Inuvik, Peery Point, Norman Wells, Whitefish Lake

Whitefish Lake 6, Ontario

Whitefish Lake 6 is a reserve in Ontario, Canada. It is inhabited by the Ojibwa Whitefish Lake First Nation.It is immediately south of the community of Naughton in Greater Sudbury, and is considered part of Greater Sudbury's Census Metropolitan Area...

, Whitehorse

Whitehorse, Yukon

Whitehorse is Yukon's capital and largest city . It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1476 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which originates in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in...

, Yellowknife, Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

USSR

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the main city and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. Population: .-History:It was founded by Danish navigator Vitus Bering, in the service of the Russian Navy...

, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

-Demographics:Most residents are ethnic Russians, but there also exists a sizable population of Koreans. Of the 43,000 Sakhalin Koreans, half are estimated to live in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, comprising roughly 12% of the city's population...

Boeing 727-22QC

N831RV c/n 19093. Ex N498WC of Wien Air, purchased December 1983. Named RCR.Sold to São Tomé and Príncipe in March 2001, became S9-BAP.
N832RV c/n 19098. Ex N496WC of Wien Air, purchased December 1983 Named Tilly.. Sold to São Tomé and Príncipe in June 2001, became S9-BAQ.

Curtiss C-46 Commando

N1302N c/n 22479. Ex Cordova Airlines, purchased 1957. Written off at Driftwood Bay, Alaska, May 31, 1958.
N1651M c/n 22399. Purchased January 1966, sold to Fairbanks Air Service Inc., 1974.
N1822M c/n 22521. Ex USAAF 44-78698. Purchased 1963. Sold 1981.
N4860V Leased from Interior Airways for a short period.
N9852F c/n 26792. Ex USAAF 42-3659 and ex-Boreas Corporation, purchased July 1958. Sold 1980.
N10012 c/n 33271. Ex Cordova Airlines, purchased 1957. Accident February 1966 at Homer, Alaska (repaired). Written off February 10, 1971 at Nondalton, Alaska.

Douglas DC-3

N2768A c/n 25980. Leased from Red Dodge Aviation for several months in 1965.
N19906 c/n 4747. Ex 41-38644 USAF. Purchased January 1946, sold to Northern Air Cargo, 1975.
N46567 c/n 9825. Ex 42-23963 USAF. Purchased June 1946, accident at Merrill Field, Alaska. Sold to Los Angeles Air Service.
N49319 c/n 15231/26676. Leased from Red Dodge Aviation between October 1967 and July 1968. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Red Devil Airport
Red Devil Airport
Red Devil Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile northwest of the central business district of Red Devil, in Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.- Facilities :...

on 24 March 1972.
N49363 c/n 4556. Ex Arnold Air Service NC49363. Purchased 1948, sold to Twentieth Century Aircraft, January 1957.
N75142 c/n 9173. Ex Northern Consolidated Airlines. Purchased June 1965, sold to Northern Air Cargo, 1975.
N91016 c/n 11853. Ex 42-92091 USAF. Purchased July 1946, damaged beyond repair in a take-off accident at Nikolski, May 29, 1965. As of February 2008, the hulk of N91016 was still at Nikolski.

Douglas DC-4

N41341 c/n 10395. Ex Boreas Corporation. Purchased 1959. Sold to Alaska Airlines, December 1962.
N63396 c/n 10486. Ex Twentieth Century Aircraft. Purchased March 1957, crashed September 1958 at Great Sitkin Island, Alaska.
N91067 c/n 10295. Ex Boreas Corporation. Purchased October 1958, sold in 1965.

Douglas DC-6A

N6119C c/n 45517. Ex Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines is an airline based in the Seattle suburb of SeaTac, Washington in the United States. The airline originated in 1932 as McGee Airways. After many mergers with and acquisitions of other airlines, including Star Air Service, it became known as Alaska Airlines in 1944...

. Purchased January 1963, sold to Northern Air Cargo, April 1980.

Douglas DC-6B

N65L c/n 45543. Ex SX-DAF and Alaska Airlines. Purchased January 1962, sold to Northern Air Cargo, 1978.
N7919C c/n 43554. Ex PH-DFM. Purchased June 1965, sold to Northern Air Cargo, June 1978.

Grumman G-21 Goose

N1513V c/n B-103. Leased from Interior Airways in 1957. Written off on June 22, 1970 at False Pass, Alaska.
N4763C c/n B-86. Ex USN Bu No 84791 and Alaska Coastal Airlines. Purchased 1972, sold to Peninsula Airways, April 1977.
N95468 c/n 1140. Purchased 1948, sold to Peninsula Airways, April 1977.

Lockheed 10 Electra

NC14994 c/n 1054. Traded in for Sikorsky S-43, 1947. Aircraft went to Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines was a major American airline now merged with United Airlines. On May 3, 2010, Continental Airlines, Inc. and UAL, Inc. announced a merger via a stock swap, and on October 1, 2010, the merger closed and UAL changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc...

.

Lockheed L-188 Electra

N178RV c/n 2010. Ex N63AJ of American Jet Industries, purchased April 1978. Leased to Northwest Territorial Airways, September 1978. Leased out November 1986 - September 1988. Became N2RK, sold to Atlantic Airlines
Atlantic Airlines
Atlantic Airlines Limited is a British cargo airline based in Coventry, United Kingdom. It operates contract and ad-hoc cargo flights worldwide, especially within Europe and across the Atlantic. Most of their flights depart from East Midlands and Bournemouth...

, became G-LOFI (Titled Reeve Illusion). August 2010, delivered to Buffalo Airways
Buffalo Airways
Buffalo Airways is a family-run airline based in Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada established in 1970 by Joe McBryan, also known as "Buffalo Joe". It operates scheduled passenger, scheduled cargo, charter passenger, charter cargo, firefighting and fuel services...

of Canada, registered C-FIJX.
N1968R c/n 2007. Ex ZK-CLX of California Airmotive. Purchased February 1968. Leased out from November 1988. Sold to Air Spray for conversion to a fire bomber, becoming C-GHZI.
N5525 c/n 1038. Ex Eastern Airlines. Lease-purchased July 1977, traded to American Jet Industries Inc. for N178RV, December 1977.
N7135C c/n 1046. Ex Zantop Airlines
Zantop International Airlines
Zantop International Airlines, Inc., was incorporated in May, 1972 as a Michigan corporation, the stock of which was 100% owned by the Zantop family. The same persons had formerly operated Zantop Flying Service and Zantop Air Transport.-History:...

, purchased September 1983, withdrawn from service at Anchorage, Alaska, September 1983. Used as spares source and eventually scrapped.
N7140C c/n 1118. Ex Western Airlines, purchased April 1972, destroyed by fire at Anchorage, Alaska, November 11, 1974.
N9744C c/n 1140. Ex Western Airlines, purchased September 1970.

NAMC YS-11A

N169RV c/n 2169. Ex TR-KIB of Gabon Government, purchased February 1980. Sold to Trinidad, February 1995.
N171RV c/n 2071. Ex JA8713 of TDA Domestic, purchased January 1975. Sold to Mexico, March 2002.
N172RV c/n 2172. Ex JA8786, Purchased new 1972, destroyed by fire at Anchorage, Alaska, November 1974.
N173RV c/n 2173. Ex JA8789, Purchased new 1973.

Sikorsky S-43

N15062 c/n4342. Purchased March 1950, Sold March 1958
N53294 c/n4302. Purchased 1948, traded in for Grumman G-21 Goose, 1957. The forward fuselage
Fuselage
The fuselage is an aircraft's main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. In single-engine aircraft it will usually contain an engine, although in some amphibious aircraft the single engine is mounted on a pylon attached to the fuselage which in turn is used as a floating hull...

is at the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, Lake Hood, Alaska.

Livery

Blue and Red tail, with the lettering RAA in white. Blue fuselage with red cheatlines, and the name Reeve Aleutian over the middle passenger windows, in white.

External links

Reeve Aleutian Airways (Archive)
Gallery of Reeve Aleutian aircraft photos, giving some history of aircraft shown.
Video of a Reeve Aleutian Electra being de-iced and start-up

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