Hageland Aviation Services was a regional FAR Part 135 airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, United States."Contact Us ." Hageland Aviation Services. Retrieved on November 3, 2009. It operated as the Ravn Connect component of Ravn Alaska, serving many destinations throughout Alaska.
History The airline was established in 1981 in Mountain Village, Alaska.
Frontier Alaska and Hageland combined in 2008 to form the parent company HoTH and rebrand their new services as "Frontier Alaska." The following year, with the acquisition of Era, Frontier Alaska was rebranded as Era Alaska. Operations ceased with the collapse and bankruptcy of Ravn Alaska in 2020.
Fleet 7 Beechcraft 1900 7 Piper PA-31 19 Cessna 207 22 Cessna Caravan 208B
Destinations Hageland Aviation Services operated scheduled service to the following destinations in Alaska ():Hageland Aviation Services: Locations
Akiachak (KKI) - Akiachak Airport Akiak (AKI) - Akiak Airport Alakanuk (AUK) - Alakanuk Airport Ambler (ABL) - Ambler Airport Anchorage (ANC) - Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (Hub) Aniak (ANI) - Aniak Airport (Hub) Anvik (ANV) - Anvik Airport Atmautluak (ATT) - Atmautluak Airport Atqasuk (ATK) - Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport Barter Island / Kaktovik (BTI) - Barter Island LRRS Airport Bethel (BET) - Bethel Airport (Hub) Brevig Mission (KTS) - Brevig Mission Airport Buckland (BKC) - Buckland Airport Chefornak (CYF) - Chefornak Airport Chevak (VAK) - Chevak Airport Chuathbaluk (CHU) - Chuathbaluk Airport Crooked Creek (CKD) - Crooked Creek Airport Deadhorse (SCC) - Deadhorse Airport Deering (DRG) - Deering Airport Eek (EEK) - Eek Airport Elim (ELI) - Elim Airport Emmonak (EMK) - Emmonak Airport (Hub) Gambell (GAM) - Gambell Airport Golovin (GLV) - Golovin Airport Grayling (KGX) - Grayling Airport Holy Cross (HCR) - Holy Cross Airport Hooper Bay (HPB) - Hooper Bay Airport Kalskag (KLG) - Kalskag Airport Kasigluk (KUK) - Kasigluk Airport Kiana (IAN) - Bob Baker Memorial Airport Kipnuk (KPN) - Kipnuk Airport Kivalina (KVL) - Kivalina Airport Kobuk (OBU) - Kobuk Airport Kongiganak (KKH) - Kongiganak Airport Kotlik (KOT) - Kotlik Airport Kotzebue (OTZ) - Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (Hub) Koyuk (KKA) - Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport Kwethluk (KWT) - Kwethluk Airport Kwigillingok (KWK) - Kwigillingok Airport Marshall (MLL) - Marshall Don Hunter Sr. Airport Mekoryuk (MYU) - Mekoryuk Airport Mountain Village (MOU) - Mountain Village Airport Newtok (WWT) - Newtok Airport Nightmute (NME) - Nightmute Airport Noatak (WTK) - Noatak Airport Nome (OME) - Nome Airport (Hub) Noorvik (ORV) - Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport Nuiqsut (NUI) - Nuiqsut Airport Nunam Iqua / Sheldon Point (SXP) - Sheldon Point Airport Nunapitchuk (NUP) - Nunapitchuk Airport Pilot Station (PQS) - Pilot Station Airport Point Lay (PIZ) - Point Lay LRRS Airport Port Clarence (KPC) - Port Clarence Coast Guard Station Quinhagak (KWN) - Quinhagak Airport Red Devil (RDV) - Red Devil Airport Russian Mission (RSH) - Russian Mission Airport Savoonga (SVA) - Savoonga Airport Scammon Bay (SCM) - Scammon Bay Airport Selawik (WLK) - Selawik Airport Shageluk (SHX) - Shageluk Airport Shaktoolik (SKK) - Shaktoolik Airport Shishmaref (SHH) - Shishmaref Airport Shungnak (SHG) - Shungnak Airport Sleetmute (SLQ) - Sleetmute Airport St. Mary's (KSM) - St. Mary's Airport (Hub) St. Michael (SMK) - St. Michael Airport Stebbins (WBB) - Stebbins Airport Teller (TLA) - Teller Airport Toksook Bay (OOK) - Toksook Bay Airport Tuluksak (TLT) - Tuluksak Airport Tuntutuliak (WTL) - Tuntutuliak Airport Tununak (TNK) - Tununak Airport Unalakleet (UNK) - Unalakleet Airport (Hub) Utqiagvik (BRW) - Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport (Hub) Wainwright (AIN) - Wainwright Airport White Mountain (WMO) - White Mountain Airport
Accidents and incidents On November 8, 1997 Hageland Aviation Services Flight 500 was performed by a Cessna Caravan 675B that crashed. This crash was determined to be caused primarily by pilot error. The accident killed all 8 passengers and crew on board.
On December 9, 2002, during a Raytheon Pre-purchase Flight, a Beechcraft 1900C crashed after running into a mountain in western Arkansas. The accident killed all 3 pilots on board, including Ron Tweto, President of Hageland Aviation Services.
January 6, 2011, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan passenger plane, registered N715HE, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN), U.S. None of the four passengers or two crew members were injured. The airplane operated on Hageland flight 161 from Bethel Airport, AK (BET) to Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN).
On November 29, 2013, four people were killed when Flight 1453 crashed near the village of St. Mary's. Killed were the pilot, Terry Hanson, 68, and three passengers, all residents of Mountain Village: Rose Polty, 57, Richard Polty, 65, and Wyatt Coffee, five months old. Six more passengers were injured. The flight originated from Bethel.
On October 2, 2016, three people were killed when a Hageland Aviation Services Cessna 208 Caravan operating as Ravn Connect Flight 3153 from Quinhagak, AK impacted mountainous terrain 12 statute miles northwest of its intended destination of Togiak, AK. The flight consisted of two crew members and one passenger. The aircraft's initial impact point was located 200 feet below the summit of a 2500 foot mountain.
On April 11, 2018, a Cessna 208B impacted snow-covered terrain about two miles north of the Atqasuk Airport, Alaska. The pilot, the only occupant onboard, sustained minor injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage.
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