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Kalitta Charters

Logo: kalittacharters.com3

Airline of the United States

Kalitta Charters is an American charter airline headquartered in Ypsilanti, Michigan, with its main base at Willow Run Airport.2 It is part of Kalitta Air.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1973Founded1

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N722CK Boeing 727F Kalitta Charters II (8392188982)
Photo: Aeroprints.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Kalitta Charters is an American charter airline headquartered in Ypsilanti, Michigan, with its main base at Willow Run Airport.2

Corporate structure

Kalitta Charters is part of a group headed by Kalitta Air. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

As of April 2024, the Kalitta Charters and Kalitta Charters II fleet comprises the following aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on Kalitta Charters, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1973Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$93.8M 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $93.8M in all. Federal contracts $93.8M.$0$5M$10M$15M2008 · Federal contracts: $8.5M20082009 · Federal contracts: $8.4M2010 · Federal contracts: $1.5M20102011 · Federal contracts: $13.9M2012 · Federal contracts: $14.1M20122013 · Federal contracts: $6.4M20142015 · Federal contracts: $4.4M2016 · Federal contracts: $3.8M20162017 · Federal contracts: $4.2M2018 · Federal contracts: $1.3M20182019 · Federal contracts: $5.4M2020 · Federal contracts: $3.8M20202021 · Federal contracts: $3.4M2022 · Federal contracts: $2.9M20222023 · Federal contracts: $1.2M2024 · Federal contracts: $6.3M20242025 · Federal contracts: $3.6M2026 · Federal contracts: $714.3K2026
Figures by year
YearFederal contractsTotal
2026$714.3K$714.3K
2025$3.6M$3.6M
2024$6.3M$6.3M
2023$1.2M$1.2M
2022$2.9M$2.9M
2021$3.4M$3.4M
2020$3.8M$3.8M
2019$5.4M$5.4M
2018$1.3M$1.3M
2017$4.2M$4.2M
2016$3.8M$3.8M
2015$4.4M$4.4M
2013$6.4M$6.4M
2012$14.1M$14.1M
2011$13.9M$13.9M
2010$1.5M$1.5M
2009$8.4M$8.4M
2008$8.5M$8.5M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov6, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Feb 1, 2019$14.2M from USTRANSCOM: Igf::ot::igf dignified transfer of hero remains - air transportation services7 To KALITTA CHARTERS, LLC Award HTC71119F1562
  2. Oct 1, 2011$12.6M from USTRANSCOM: Air transportation of human remains8 To KALITTA CHARTERS, LLC Award 0002
  3. Dec 23, 2014$12.3M from USTRANSCOM: Igf::ot::igf dignified transfer of human remains - air transportation services9 To KALITTA CHARTERS, LLC Award 0002
  4. Oct 1, 2012$11.2M from USTRANSCOM: Air transportation of human remains10 To KALITTA CHARTERS, LLC Award 0003
  5. Oct 1, 2007$10.3M from USTRANSCOM: Air transportation of hero remains11 To KALITTA CHARTERS, LLC Award 0002

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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    Company websiteKalitta Charters logo
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    USAspending.gov0002: USTRANSCOM
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    USAspending.gov0002: USTRANSCOM
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    USAspending.gov0003: USTRANSCOM
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    USAspending.gov0002: USTRANSCOM