Ameriflight is a cargo airline based in Burbank, California, USA. It is the largest US Part 135 cargo carrier, operating scheduled and contract cargo services to destinations in 30 US states, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Ameriflight serves major financial institutions, freight forwarders, laboratories and overnight couriers in the western USA and provides feeder services for overnight express carriers nationwide. The Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) base is unique to Ameriflight as a large part of their business is last-minute on-demand auto parts and other time critical parts needed to keep assembly lines moving. CVG has also been instrumental in the creation and expansion of Ameriflight's business moving time critical Radioactive medical raw materials. FedEx DC-10 Cargo airlines (or airfreight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. ... Founded May 1, 1887 Incorporated July 8, 1911 General Information County Los Angeles County, California Latitude Longitude 34°1049 N 118°1942 W Area  - Total  - Water 45 km² (17. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... World map depicting Caribbean: West Indies redirects here. ...

The company also conducts on-demand passenger charter operations using two Learjet 35As and a King Air 200.

Code Data

• ICAO Code: Ameriflight does not have an ICAO two-letter code. The three letter code used by air traffic control is AMF
• Callsign: Amflight

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 1968 as California Air Charter, and was merged in 1971 with United Couriers (UCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of ATI Systems International (ATIS). In April 1993 the fixed-wing division of Wings Express of Van Nuys was purchased and the outstanding shares of Sports Air Travel were purchased in mid-1997. Ameriflight is wholly owned by ATIS. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Van Nuys is a district within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Main Bases and Hubs

Ameriflight's main bases are:

• Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)
• Ontario International Airport (ONT)
• Portland International Airport (PDX)
• San Juan, Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU)
• Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
• Billings Logan International Airport (BIL)
• Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
• Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
• Seattle Boeing Field (BFI)
• Oakland International Airport (OAK)
• Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)

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Fleet

The Ameriflight fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2006):

All aircraft are "straight freighters" except for two Learjets and the King Air 200, which are pax-configured.

• 5 Bombardier Learjet 35A
• 7 Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia
• 44 Fairchild SA-227 Metro III & Merlin IVC "Expediter"
• 20 Raytheon Beech 1900C/1900C1
• 1 Raytheon Beech King Air 200
• 57 Raytheon Beech B99/C99
• 41 Piper Chieftain/Navajo

Cessna 402 (phased out) Piper Lance (phased out)

External links

• Ameriflight
• ATI Systems International