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Commuter airline in Alaska, USA, founded in 19811
Hageland Aviation Services was a regional FAR Part 135 airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It operated as the Ravn Connect component of Ravn Alaska, serving many destinations throughout Alaska.2 It ceased to exist in 2008.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Hageland Aviation Services was a regional FAR Part 135 airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It operated as the Ravn Connect component of Ravn Alaska, serving many destinations throughout Alaska.2
The airline was established in 1981 in Mountain Village, Alaska.
Frontier Alaska and Hageland combined in 2008 to form the parent company HoTH and rebrand their new services as "Frontier Alaska." The following year, with the acquisition of Era, Frontier Alaska was rebranded as Era Alaska. Operations ceased with the collapse and bankruptcy of Ravn Alaska in 2020.
From Wikipedia’s article on Hageland Aviation Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
7 Beechcraft 1900
7 Piper PA-31
19 Cessna 207
22 Cessna Caravan 208B
Hageland Aviation Services operated scheduled service to the following destinations in Alaska (as of 2007):
From Wikipedia’s article on Hageland Aviation Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
On November 8, 1997 Hageland Aviation Services Flight 500 was performed by a Cessna Caravan 675B that crashed. This crash was determined to be caused primarily by pilot error. The accident killed all 8 passengers and crew on board.
On December 9, 2002, during a Raytheon Pre-purchase Flight, a Beechcraft 1900C crashed after running into a mountain in western Arkansas. The accident killed all 3 pilots on board, including Ron Tweto, President of Hageland Aviation Services.
January 6, 2011, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan passenger plane, registered N715HE, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN), U.S. None of the four passengers or two crew members were injured. The airplane operated on Hageland flight 161 from Bethel Airport, AK (BET) to Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN).
On November 29, 2013, four people were killed when Flight 1453 crashed near the village of St. Mary's. Killed were the pilot, Terry Hanson, 68, and three passengers, all residents of Mountain Village: Rose Polty, 57, Richard Polty, 65, and Wyatt Coffee, five months old. Six more passengers were injured. The flight originated from Bethel.
On October 2, 2016, three people were killed when a Hageland Aviation Services Cessna 208 Caravan operating as Ravn Connect Flight 3153 from Quinhagak, AK impacted mountainous terrain 12 statute miles northwest of its intended destination of Togiak, AK. The flight consisted of two crew members and one passenger. The aircraft's initial impact point was located 200 feet below the summit of a 2500 foot mountain.
On April 11, 2018, a Cessna 208B impacted snow-covered terrain about two miles north of the Atqasuk Airport, Alaska. The pilot, the only occupant onboard, sustained minor injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage.
From Wikipedia’s article on Hageland Aviation Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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