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Founded | 1984 (as Air Medical Transport Inc.) - 1986 as Castle Aviation | ||||||
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AOC # | CSJA990C | ||||||
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Fleet size | 15 | ||||||
Headquarters | North Canton, Ohio, United States | ||||||
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Employees | ~ 70 | ||||||
Website | http://www.castleair.com/ |
Castle Aviation is a cargo airline and private passenger airline based in North Canton, Ohio, United States. It offers charter cargo and private passenger services, but primarily provides priority freight service for the Canadian parcel post service Purolator. Its only base is the Akron–Canton Airport.[1]
The airline was established and started operations in January 1986. In April 2004 it started operating the first freight version of the Saab 340A aircraft.[2]
The Castle Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2023):
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Notes |
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208B Super Cargomaster | 7 | 0 | Freighter configuration |
Piper Aerostar | 4 | 0 | Passenger configuration |
Saab 340B | 3 | 0 | Freighter configuration |
Hawker 400 | 1 | 0 | Passenger configuration |
Aircraft | In fleet |
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Saab 340A | 1 |
Piper Cheyenne II | 1 |
Swearingen Merlin | 2 |
Piper Meridian | 1 |