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Advanced Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
AN WSN WINGSPAN
Founded2005
Commenced operations2018
AOC #19AA699L[1]
Operating basesHawthorne Municipal Airport
Focus citiesAlbuquerque International Sunport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
SubsidiariesJet Center Los Angeles
Fleet size15
Destinations13
HeadquartersHawthorne, California[1]
Key peopleLevi Stockton (President)
Websiteadvancedairlines.com
jetcenterla.com

Advanced Air is an American scheduled commuter and private charter airline based in Hawthorne, California, at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport, where it also owns a fixed base operator, Jet Center Los Angeles.

History

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Advanced Air was founded in 2005 and began scheduled shuttle service in 2015. It won its first Essential Air Service contract for Silver City, New Mexico, in October 2018 and began service in January 2019.[2][3] In 2021, the company received a second Essential Air Service (EAS) contract for Merced, California. In 2022, subsidized contracts through the state of New Mexico were received to serve Gallup, New Mexico from Phoenix and Las Cruces, New Mexico from Albuquerque. The Gallup service began on August 1, 2022, and Las Cruces on January 16, 2023. An additional EAS contract was received in 2023 to serve Carlsbad, New Mexico from both Albuquerque and Phoenix. This service began on November 5, 2023. A fourth EAS contract was received to serve Crescent City, California and flights began on March 17, 2024, to both Oakland and Hawthorne, California.

In the early 2020s Advanced Air offered select California shuttle routes in partnership with Surf Air. Surf Air managed the membership program while Advanced owned and operated the aircraft in the Surf Air livery. All partner flights were operated on the Pilatus PC-12.[4] This service is now partnered between Surf Air and Southern Airways Express.

In December 2019, Advanced Air began operating two Dornier 328JETs owned by the Taos Ski Valley and flown under the name Taos Air.[5][6] Advanced Air operated flights during the 2019–20 winter season from Taos, New Mexico to Austin and Dallas, Texas as well as Hawthorne and Carlsbad, California. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, service was suspended for the 2020–21 ski season but resumed for the summer months of 2021 and 2022 as well as the 2021–22 winter ski season. Service to Taos was then replaced by JSX Air beginning with the 2022-2023 ski season.[7] Advanced Air then acquired its own Dornier 328JET and began flights to Mammoth Mountain, California, from Burbank, Hawthorne, and Carlsbad for the 2021–22 ski season.[8]

Destinations

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Scheduled commercial

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City Airport IATA code Destinations Notes
Arizona
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport PHX Carlsbad, NM[9]
Gallup
Silver City 		Base
California
Carlsbad McClellan–Palomar Airport CLD Mammoth Lakes Seasonal
Crescent City Del Norte County Airport CEC Hawthorne, CA
Oakland, CA 		EAS Community
Contract awarded from Contour Airlines
Hawthorne Hawthorne Municipal Airport HHR Crescent City
Mammoth Lakes
Merced 		Base
Mammoth Lakes Mammoth Yosemite Airport MMH Carlsbad, CA
Hawthorne, CA 		Seasonal
Merced Merced Regional Airport MCE Las Vegas
Hawthorne 		EAS Community
Oakland San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport OAK Crescent City
Nevada
Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport LAS Merced
New Mexico
Albuquerque Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ Angel Fire (begins December 8, 2024)
Carlsbad, NM[9]
Las Cruces
Silver City
Angel Fire Angel Fire Airport AXX Albuquerque (begins December 8, 2024) Seasonal[10]
Carlsbad (NM) Carlsbad (NM) CNM Albuquerque[9]
Phoenix[9] 		EAS Community |
Contract awarded from Boutique Air
Gallup Gallup Municipal Airport GUP Phoenix
Las Cruces Las Cruces International Airport LRU Albuquerque
Silver City Grant County Airport SVC Albuquerque
Phoenix 		EAS community

Former destinations

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City Airport IATA Code Destinations Notes
California
Burbank Hollywood Burbank Airport BUR Mammoth Lakes Seasonal
Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport LAX Merced
Thermal Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport TRM Hawthorne, CA
Nevada
Pahrump Calvada Meadows Airport 74P Hawthorne
New Mexico
Taos Taos Regional Airport TSM Austin-Executive Airport
Dallas-Love Field
Carlsbad, CA
Hawthorne, CA 		Seasonal | Branded as Taos Air
Texas
Austin Austin Executive Airport EDC Taos Seasonal | Branded as Taos Air
Dallas Dallas Love Field DAL Taos Seasonal | Branded as Taos Air

Fleet

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Advanced Air Fleet[11]
Aircraft In Fleet Notes
Beechcraft King Air 350 9
Bombardier Challenger 300 2
Dornier 328JET 2
Pilatus PC-12 2
Total 15

References

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  1. ^ a b "Federal Aviation Administration – Airline Certificate Information – Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  2. ^ Steele, Christine Advanced Air to take over at Grant County Airport, Silver City Daily Press, October 26, 2018, Retrieved 2019-01-21
  3. ^ Steele, Christine Smooth flying for Advanced Air on inaugural flights, Silver City Daily Press, January 7, 2019, Retrieved 2019-01-21
  4. ^ "Private Flying | The Aircraft". Surf Air. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  5. ^ Vitu, Teya (October 11, 2019). "Taos Air to resume flights between Austin, Dallas on Dec. 19". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  6. ^ McMurtry, Ian (December 13, 2019). "Dornier Disappearing: Tracking The Remaining Dornier 328 Commercial Operators". AirlineGeeks.com. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "Taos Air (suspended) | Taos Ski Valley". www.skitaos.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  8. ^ Flightaware.com
  9. ^ a b c d Document DOT OST 2002 regulations.gov [dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Angel Fire And Surrounding Communities To Benefit From Daily Commercial Air Flights To And From Albuquerque". ladailypost.com. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  11. ^ "FAA-certificated Aircraft Operators (Legal Part 135 holders)". Federal Aviation Administration. March 30, 2024.
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