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Founded | 1956 | ||||||
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AOC # | NACA002A | ||||||
Hubs | Anchorage | ||||||
Secondary hubs | Miami | ||||||
Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
Destinations | 22 + charter | ||||||
Parent company | Northern Aviation Services, Saltchuk Resources, Inc. | ||||||
Headquarters | Anchorage, Alaska, USA | ||||||
Key people | Betsy Seaton, CEO & President | ||||||
Website | nac.aero |
Northern Air Cargo, LLC (NAC) is an American cargo airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. NAC operates a small fleet of Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400 and Boeing 737-800 freighter aircraft within the state of Alaska as well as widebody Boeing 767-300 freighter services throughout the Caribbean and South America. Other services include aircraft maintenance services through its subsidiary, Northern Air Maintenance Services, on demand charters and consolidation of cargo. With a main base at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, NAC also operates out of a hub at Miami International Airport. NAC is a division of Saltchuk which is the corporate parent of a number of transportation and distribution companies including Aloha Air Cargo, a cargo airline based in Hawaii.
NAC operated one of only two Douglas DC-6s that had been converted to swing-tail configuration
Northern Air Cargo, LLC was established in 1956 as a charter freight service by Robert "Bobby" Sholton and Maurice Carlson.
In 2019, NAC retired its last Boeing 737-200 freighter aircraft with the replacements being later model and improved Boeing 737-300s and 400s.
As of February 2022, Northern Air Cargo, LLC operates scheduled freight services to the following Alaskan domestic destinations:. The company also offers charter services.
Northern Air Cargo, LLC also operates in the following Caribbean and South American destinations:
Northern Air Cargo Boeing 737 landing at Anchorage Airport
Northern Air Cargo LLC's fleet as of July 2020:
Northern Air Cargo FleetAircraft | Total | Orders | Notes |
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Boeing 737-300 | 2 | — | |
Boeing 737-400 | 3 | — | |
Boeing 737-800(SF) | 1 | — | |
Boeing 767-300ER/BCF | — | 3 | |
Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF | 4 | — |
Northern Air Cargo has previously operated the following aircraft:
A Fairchild C-82A "Packet" of NAC, April 1985Northern Air Cargo Retired Fleet
Aircraft | Total | Notes |
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ATR 42-300 | 1 | |
Boeing 727-100C | 1 | |
Boeing 727-100F | 3 | |
Boeing 737-200 | 3 | Retired in February 2019 |
Douglas DC-6 | 13 | Two crashed (N867TA) and (N313RS) |
Fairchild C-82 | 2 |
Northern Air Cargo, LLC (NAC) currently is contracted to handle passenger services for the following:
The NAC DC-6 that crashed on 20 July 1996, April 1985
The NAC DC-6 that crashed on 25 September 2001, June 1989