exneophyte
Well-Known Member
Would any charter companies fly my family and I from the lower 48 to Cold Bay, AK mission-profile wise? Runway 14/32 is 10,415 ft long and Runway 8/26 is 6235 ft long so distance shouldn't be an issue for most aircraft. From what I can tell, Seattle to Cold Bay is about 1561 miles with most of it over water. What kind of aircraft should I look for in my charter companies that would fit the mission profile? I'm not terribly restricted from the departure airport as I'll be driving us and our stuff from the midwest to the west coast to minimize the required flying distance and therefore the flight cost. From what I can see, I'm basically looking at charter companies with King Air's and more specifically probably the 300/350 based on the mileage with a little breathing room in case the winds aren't favoring us. The 200's could probably get there, but there isn't much margin if the winds get adversarial. Am I going in the right direction in terms of aircraft choice? Are there others I should be looking into?
Details(if interested): Myself, my wife, my two cats and dog may be relocating to Cold Bay, AK from Minneapolis because of a job opportunity for her. I've been thinking about the best way to get us, our pets and our stuff there. Obviously, we will be minimizing what we transport and much of it will go via marine freight. I'm not wild about flying commercial with our animals from MSP -> ANC and then from ANC ->CDB. Even if we did go that route, we'd have to figure out how to ship stuff from MSP to a marine shipper and then ensure it got to Cold Bay.
Details(if interested): Myself, my wife, my two cats and dog may be relocating to Cold Bay, AK from Minneapolis because of a job opportunity for her. I've been thinking about the best way to get us, our pets and our stuff there. Obviously, we will be minimizing what we transport and much of it will go via marine freight. I'm not wild about flying commercial with our animals from MSP -> ANC and then from ANC ->CDB. Even if we did go that route, we'd have to figure out how to ship stuff from MSP to a marine shipper and then ensure it got to Cold Bay.