Freight Runners Express

Freight Runners Express / Air Charter Express
Founded	1985
AOC #	KCQA493F
Hubs	Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport & Manchester–Boston Regional Airport
Fleet size	26
Destinations	390+
Headquarters	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Key people	Patrick Hammer (President & Director of Operations); Robert Sevier (Vice President & General Manager); Theresa Cook (Vice President, Accounting & Personnel); Timothy Leech (Director of Maintenance); Chad Aumueller (Vice President, Procurement);
Employees	95
Website	www.freightrunners.com

Freight Runners Express is a US air carrier based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The airline operates scheduled and on-demand air cargo and passenger services. Passenger air charter services are also operated under the Air Charter Express (ACE) brand using Embraer EMB-120 aircraft.^[1] Freight Runners is headquartered at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^[2]

Company History[]

Freight Runners Express began operations in 1985 flying cargo across the state of Wisconsin.^[3] Passenger operations began in 1992 with the launch of the Air Charter Express brand.

Current Fleet[]

Freight Runners Express Embraer 120ER

Freight Runners Express Beech 99 Freighter

Freight Runners Express Beech 1900 Freighter

As of September 2021, the Freight Runners Express fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[4]^[5]

Aircraft	In Fleet	Passenger capacity	Cargo capacity
Embraer EMB 120ER	3	30 passengers	-
Embraer EMB 120F	6	-	7500 lbs
Beech 1900C Freighter	3	-	5900 lbs
Beech 99 Freighter	10	-	3600 lbs
Saab 2000	3	30 passengers
Total	23

Historical Fleet[]

Freight Runners Express has operated many aircraft types in its history.^[6]^{[original research?]}

Aircraft	Entered Service	Retired
Piper Cherokee 6	1983	1987
Cessna 402	1990	2015
Beech 18	1999	2001
King Air C90	2001	2004

Notes:

The Cessna 402 fleet was originally operated in an interchangeable passenger and cargo configuration. In 2006 the fleet was permanently converted to an all cargo configuration.

Statistics[]

Freight Runners Express flies 7,155,00 pounds of cargo per calendar year. The fleet will fly an average of 2,150,000 miles. Arriving at 390 cities and carrying 18,500 passengers. This is achieved with 9,570 flights totaling 8,400 hours of flight time.^[7]