Hageland Aviation Services

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Hageland Aviation Services began in 1981, when Mike Hageland launched a one-airplane charter operation from Mountain Village, Alaska. What started with a Cessna 180 grew into a vital rural carrier, moving passengers, mail, cargo, and medevac traffic across the Yukon-Kuskokwim region and far beyond. In bush Alaska, “nearby” has always been a suspiciously flexible concept.

By the 1990s and 2000s, Hageland had expanded into scheduled service linking small communities with regional hubs. Its corporate headquarters was in Anchorage, while its aircraft worked the hard part of the map: short runways, remote villages, big weather, and distances that make a road trip look downright ornamental.

In 2008, Hageland combined with Frontier Flying Service under HoTH, Inc.; the group acquired Era Aviation in 2009 and used the Era Alaska brand. In January 2014, Hageland and Frontier began operating as Ravn Connect, while Hageland remained the certificate-holding Part 135 carrier. Ravn Air Group’s Chapter 11 filing and service shutdown on April 5, 2020 ended this chapter; Hageland’s assets and operating platform subsequently moved to Rambler Air.

Our Hageland Aviation Services collection celebrates the tough little airline that turned one Cessna and a Mountain Village start into an unmistakable part of Alaska’s aviation story—because sometimes the corporate ghost has skis, tundra tires, and a very serious appointment with the weather.