Kitty Hawk Aircargo

Kitty Hawk flight Adesyn D. Barnett ^[1]
Founded	1976 (as Kitty Hawk Airways)
Commenced operations	1985
Ceased operations	January 8, 2008
Hubs	Fort Wayne International Airport
Fleet size	14
Parent company	Kitty Hawk Group
Headquarters	Grapevine, Texas, U.S.
Website	Kha.com

For the Dallas, Texas, based airline that flew in 1978, see Kitty Hawk Airways.

Kitty Hawk Aircargo was an American cargo airline based on the grounds of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and in Grapevine, Texas, U.S.^[3]^[4]^[5] It operated domestic scheduled overnight freight services, as well as air charter services. Its main base was Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, with a hub at Fort Wayne International Airport.^[6]

History[]

Convair 640 turboprop freighter of Kitty Hawk at Detroit's Willow Run Airport in 1992

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On 15 October 2007 Kitty Hawk, Inc. filed again for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

On 29 October 2007 Kitty Hawk, Inc. announced it would cease all scheduled network Air and Ground operations, effective immediately, but that it would continue to operate air cargo charter shipments.^{[citation needed]}

On 20 November 2007 Kitty Hawk Air Cargo began flying for DHL for a two-week minimum, shipping DHL's freight domestically. This contract was for five Boeing 737-300s including keeping one at DHL's hub as a backup. Kitty Hawk continued this flying for four weeks.^{[citation needed]}

Kitty Hawk flew its last revenue flight, a Boeing 727 horse charter, on January 8, 2008 and its last ever flight the next day, ferrying the aircraft to Ardmore, Oklahoma.^{[citation needed]}

Destinations[]

Overnight cargo services were operated daily to the following domestic destinations:^[1] Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas/Ft Worth, Dayton, Denver, Detroit, El Paso, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, Hartford, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Lexington, Las Vegas, Lexington, Los Angeles, Louisville, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St Paul, Nashville, New York, Newark, Norfolk, Oakland, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, Richmond, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, South Bend, Tampa, and Washington, DC.
Freight services were operated to the following international destinations:^[1] San Juan, Puerto Rico and Toronto, Canada.
Additional interline partners used to service the following destinations:^[1] Anchorage and Honolulu.

Fleet[]

As of December 2007 the Kitty Hawk Aircargo fleet included:^[6]

**Kitty Hawk Aircargo Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Notes
Boeing 737-300SF	7
Boeing 727-200	7

As of November 17, 2007, the majority of the 727s from the Kitty Hawk fleet were being stored at Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma.^{[citation needed]}

Previously operated[]

Kitty Hawk Air Cargo Boeing 737-300F

As of March 2006 the airline operated:^[7]

18 Boeing 727-200F
7 Boeing 737-300SF
7 Convair 640
3 Lockheed L-1011F

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Flight International, 5–11 April 2005
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Norwood, Tom; Wegg, John (2002). North American Airlines Handbook (3rd ed.). Sandpoint, ID: Airways International. ISBN 0-9653993-8-9. Archived from the original on 2016-11-28.
^ "Kitty Hawk Overview." Kitty Hawk Aircargo. February 14, 1997. Retrieved on January 29, 2010.
^ "Trails Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine." City of Grapevine. Retrieved on December 10, 2009.
^ "Grapevine 1990 Tiger Data." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 11, 2009.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 101.
^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006

External links[]

Kitty Hawk Aircargo (Archive)

[F5-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Flight International, 5–11 April 2005

[NAAH-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Norwood, Tom; Wegg, John (2002). North American Airlines Handbook (3rd ed.). Sandpoint, ID: Airways International. ISBN 0-9653993-8-9. Archived from the original on 2016-11-28.

[3] "Kitty Hawk Overview." Kitty Hawk Aircargo. February 14, 1997. Retrieved on January 29, 2010.

[4] "Trails Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine." City of Grapevine. Retrieved on December 10, 2009.

[5] "Grapevine 1990 Tiger Data." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 11, 2009.

[FI-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 101.

[7] Flight International, 3–9 October 2006

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