Editing Frontier Flying Service

{{about|the Alaska-based airline|the Denver-based airline|Frontier Airlines}}
{{Infobox airline
|airline        = 
|logo           = frontier_flying_service_logo.png
|logo_size      = 250
|IATA           = 2F
|ICAO           = FTA
|callsign       = FRONTIER-AIR
|founded        = {{Start date and age|1950}}
|ceased         = {{End date and age|2014}}
|hubs           = [[Fairbanks International Airport]]
|secondary_hubs = <div>
* [[Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport]]
* [[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport]]
* [[Ralph Wien Memorial Airport]]
* [[Bethel Airport]]
</div>
|focus_cities   = 
|frequent_flyer = YES
|lounge         = 
|alliance       = 
|subsidiaries   = 
|fleet_size     = 7
|destinations   = 
|parent         = Era Alaska
|company_slogan = 
|headquarters   = [[Fairbanks, Alaska]], [[United States|USA]]
|key_people     = 
|website        = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040801215518/http://www.frontierflying.com/ www.frontierflying.com (archived)]
}}

'''Frontier Flying Service''' ([[d/b/a]] [[Ravn Alaska|Ravn Connect]]) was an American [[airline]] headquartered in [[Fairbanks, Alaska]], [[United States]].<ref>"[http://www.frontierflying.com/contact.html Contact Frontier Flying Service, Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101195411/http://www.frontierflying.com/contact.html |date=2008-11-01 }}" Frontier Flying Service. Retrieved on July 16, 2009.</ref> It operated an extensive network of year-round scheduled commuter services and [[Mail|postal services]] to [[Alaskan Bush|Alaska bush]] [[community|communities]], primarily north of [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]], as well as [[Charter airline|charter]] services to the [[Continental United States|lower 48]] and [[Canada]].

Its main base was in [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]] ([[Fairbanks International Airport]]), with hubs in [[Utqiagvik, Alaska|Utqiagvik]] ([[Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport]]), [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]] ([[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport]]), [[Kotzebue, Alaska|Kotzebue]] ([[Ralph Wien Memorial Airport]]) and [[Bethel, Alaska|Bethel]] ([[Bethel Airport]]).{{Citation needed|date=May 2007}}

==History==
Frontier Flying Service was established in 1950 by retired [[United States Air Force|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.{{Citation needed|date=May 2007}}

In 2005 the airline merged with '''Cape Smythe Air Services''', taking on their routes and retaining the Frontier Flying Service name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-alaska/584318-1.html|title=Frontier Flying merges with Cape Smythe As of Monday May 5th 2008, Frontier Flying Service merged with Hageland Aviation and is now known as Frontier Alaska.|publisher=Alaska Business Monthly|date=2005-10-01|accessdate=2007-08-29}}</ref>

During the spring of 2008 Frontier Flying Service began the process of merging with [[Hageland Aviation Services]], the companies continue to operate separate certificates with '''Frontier Flying Service''' providing service between major hubs and focus communities with the Beech 1900C aircraft while '''Hagleand Air Service''' provides point to point service out of the hubs and focus communities to smaller villages, both companies do business under the name "Frontier Alaska" and have begun merging resources and operations at all their shared airports. This merger makes Frontier Alaska the largest commuter passenger carrier in the state of Alaska (by fleet size and number of routes).

On July 8, 2008, Seattle-based Alaska Airlines announced Frontier Flying Service (d.b.a Frontier Alaska) as a new code share partner beginning in the fall of 2008.

On February 27, 2009, Frontier Flying Service's holding company, Frontier Alaska, acquired rival [[Era Aviation]] of Anchorage, Alaska.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120716231405/http://www.adn.com/front/story/693165.html Rivals to acquire Era Aviation ''Anchorage Daily News February 17th, 2009'']</ref>

By 2014, with the fleet rationalization and post acquisition of Era Aviation almost complete by the HoTH Airline group, Frontier Flying Service performed the mission of flying cargo and passenger charters for the other Ravn branded companies, [[Era Aviation|Corvus Airlines]] and [[Hageland Aviation]], but also utilizing the branding of [[Era Alaska|Ravn Connect]].

After the bankruptcy of [[Ravn Alaska]] the assets were sold "in pieces" to other airlines of Alaska in July 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Southern California company will take over some RavnAir service after bankruptcy auction|website=adn.com|publisher=|url=https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2020/07/09/southern-california-company-will-take-over-some-ravn-air-service-after-bankruptcy-auction/|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2020-07-10|language=en|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

==Fleet==
The Frontier Flying Service fleet consisted of the following aircraft ({{as of|2011|lc=on}}):<ref>[http://av-info.faa.gov/detail.asp?DSGN_CODE=FFSA&OPER_FAR=121%2F135&OPER_NAME=FRONTIER+FLYING+SERVICE+INC FAA Airline Certificate Information: FRONTIER FLYING SERVICE INC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202013632/http://av-info.faa.gov/detail.asp?DSGN_CODE=FFSA&OPER_FAR=121%2F135&OPER_NAME=FRONTIER+FLYING+SERVICE+INC |date=2017-02-02 }}. Retrieved on 2011-06-22.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Type !! Number 
|-  
| [[Piper PA-31 Navajo|Piper PA-31-350]] || 2
|-  
| [[Beechcraft 1900|Raytheon Beech BE-1900-C]] || 3
|-
| [[Shorts 330|Shorts SD3-30]] || 2
|-
|}

==Destinations==
Frontier Flying Service operated scheduled service to the following destinations in Alaska as of 2007:<ref>[http://www.frontierflying.com/timetable-ffs.pdf Frontier Flying Service: 2007 Timetable] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070730112912/http://www.frontierflying.com/timetable-ffs.pdf |date=July 30, 2007 }} ([[PDF]]). Retrieved on 2007-08-29.</ref>

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

== Community awareness ==
Frontier Flying Service, along with [[Bering Air]], [[Grant Aviation]], [[Northern Air Cargo]], [[PenAir]], and Ryan Air, participated in the Flying Can service, which allows rural Alaskan communities to recycle aluminum cans and [[polyethylene terephthalate|PET]] bottles in cooperation with [[Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling]].<ref name="recycling">{{cite news|url=http://thearcticsounder.com/article/1024rural_recycling_finds_a_pet_project|title=Rural recycling finds a PET project|last=Tuttle|first=Logan|date=16 June 2010|work=The Arctic Sounder|publisher=[[Alaska Newspapers, Inc.]]|accessdate=16 October 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716221256/http://thearcticsounder.com/article/1024rural_recycling_finds_a_pet_project|archivedate=16 July 2011}}</ref>

==Accidents and incidents==
*On October 30, 1979, [[Douglas C-47|Douglas C-47B]] N99663 was written off in a landing accident at [[Bettles Airport]], [[Alaska]]. The aircraft struck three parked aircraft. It was on a cargo flight from [[Fairbanks International Airport]], Alaska,<ref name=ASN301079>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19791030-2 |title=N99663 Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=29 July 2010}}</ref> to [[Ambler Airport]], Alaska via Bettles. All four aircraft were substantially damaged.<ref name=ANC80FA008>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=33619&key=0 |title=NTSB Identification: ANC80FA008 |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |accessdate=31 July 2010}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of defunct airlines of the United States]]

==References==
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