Air Cargo Carriers

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Air Cargo Carriers is a cargo airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. ACC was established in 1986 and operates contract feeder cargo services for UPS, FedEx and DHL, additionally providing on demand charter service. Air Cargo Carriers, Inc. is the largest civilian operator of Short aircraft in the world. Its main base of operations is Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, in Milwaukee.

Routes[]

Air Cargo Carriers operates throughout the US, Canada, and the Caribbean. The scheduled routes include:^[1]

• Beckley, WV (BKW) to Louisville, KY (SDF)
• Charleston, WV (CRW) to Louisville, KY (SDF)
• Warsaw, IN (ASW) to Louisville, KY (SDF)
• Danville, IL (DNV) to Louisville, KY (SDF) to Decatur, IL (DEC)
• Myrtle Beach, SC (MYR) to Columbia, SC (CAE)
• Savannah, GA (SAV) to Columbia, SC (CAE)
• Swainsboro, GA (SBO) to Columbia, SC (CAE)
• Harrisburg, PA (MDT) to Cincinnati, OH (CVG)
• Milwaukee, WI (MKE) to Madison, WI (MSN) to Louisville, KY (SDF) to Traverse City, MI (TVC)
• Phoenix, AZ (PHX) to Tucson, AZ (TUS)
• Warsaw, IN (ASW) to Louisville, KY (SDF) to Ft. Wayne, IN (FWA)
• Beckley, WV (BKW) to Louisville, KY (SDF) to Charleston, WV (CRW)
• Charleston, WV (CRW) to Louisville, KY (SDF) to Roanoke, VA (ROA)
• San Juan, PR (SJU) to St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands (STT)
• San Juan, PR (SJU) to St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (STX)
• San Juan, PR (SJU) to St. Martin, AN (SXM)
• San Juan, PR (SJU) to Tortola, British Virgin Islands (EIS)
• San Juan, PR (SJU) to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ)
• Aguadilla, PR (BQN) to Santiago, Dominican Republic (STI)

History[]

A brief history:^[2]

• In 1986, Air Cargo Carriers began flying 3,500 lb. capacity Shorts Skyvan aircraft, and grew to a fleet of five planes.
• In 1990, Shorts SD-30 aircraft were added to the Air Cargo Carriers' fleet.
• By 1994, the company had 11 total aircraft in its fleet. In 1995, Short 360s were acquired by the company.
• In 1994 the avionics and instrument division of Air Cargo Carriers, Milwaukee Avionics & Instruments,^[3] was formed.
• In 2001, ACC began operating in the Caribbean, and by 2003 had 21 aircraft in its fleet.
• The company also has the largest Shorts parts inventories in the world.
• ACC operates a full-service maintenance base with two hangars at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. The company also operates a satellite maintenance facility in Punta Gorda, Florida.

Fleet[]

The Air Cargo Carriers fleet includes the following aircraft (as of June 2019):^[4]

Incidents[]

• An Air Cargo Carriers Short Brothers 330 aircraft working as a feeder for the United Parcel Service suffered a wing strike and crashed while attempting to land at Yeager airport in Charleston, West Virginia on May 5, 2017. The pilot and the co-pilot were killed.^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Air Cargo Carriers
• http://www.aircargocarriers.com/history/

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