Alaska Central Express
airline of the United States
Alaska Central Express is an airline based at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It is a cargo and small package express service.
History
The airline was established as Yutana Airlines in 1987 and renamed to Alaska Central Express in 1994 when the certificate was bought from the Part 135 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Much of the original pilots, staff, mechanics, and equipment including three Raytheon Beechcraft 1900Cs, came from MarkAir Express, a subsidiary of the bankrupt MarkAir. In 2007, with the purchase of a Beech 1900C (N115AX) combi passenger/cargo, ACE Air Cargo began charter passenger flights. Alaska Central Express, as of 2020, owns twenty airplanes with plans for future expansion.
Destinations
Alaska Central Express operates freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005):
Anchorage
Aniak
Atmautluak
Bethel
Chefornak
Chevak
Cold Bay
Dillingham
Dutch Harbor
Eek
Hooper Bay
Juneau
Ketchikan
King Salmon
Kipnuk
Kodiak
Kongiganak
Kwigillingok
Marshall
Newtok
Nightmute
Petersburg
Port Heiden
Quinhagak
Sand Point
Scammon Bay
Sitka
St George Island
St Paul Island
Togiak
Toksook Bay
Tuntutuliak
Tununak
Wrangell
Yakutat
Fleet
As of August 2025, Alaska Central Express operates the following aircraft:
On 7 July 2020, ACE acquired eight Beechcraft planes at Ravn Alaska's bankruptcy auction.
Accidents and incidents
On 22 January 2010, Alaska Central Express Flight 22 crashed in the sea off the end of the runway seconds after taking off at Sand Point airport; both crew members died.
On 8 March 2013, Alaska Central Express Flight 51 crashed near the Muklung Hills-Aleknagik. The only two persons on board, the captain and copilot, died.
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