Kenmore Air

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Kenmore Air (IATA: M5, ICAO: , and Callsign: ) is a small airline based at the Kenmore Air Harbor of Kenmore, Washington on Lake Washington, USA, also with service to Lake Union Terminal on Lake Union. It operates seaplane services, as well as charter flights, instruction and parts supplies. The airline also owns a major maintenance and remanufacturing center for seaplanes and other amphibious aircraft.

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 3.1 Seaplanes 3.2 Landplanes 4 External links

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in March 1946. It was founded by Robert Munro and two partners and began operations with a single aircraft and hangar. After a short term partnership Munro continued alone with the company until his death in October 2000 ^[1]. It is the largest single operator of seaplanes in the world.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Destinations

The airline serves the Pacific Northwest region, and acts as a quick connection between Seattle, Washington and Vancouver or Victoria, B.C.. In 2004, a new division of the company began operating Cessna Caravans out of Boeing Field, providing land based markets in the Puget Sound and Canada with scheduled airline service.

[edit] Fleet

[edit] Seaplanes

• 2 Cessna 180
• 8 De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
• 2 De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Turbine Beaver
• 6 De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
• 1 PA-18 Super Cub (used for training purposes)
• 1 CC18-180 Top Cub (used for training purposes)
• 1 Cessna 208 (Amphibian)

[edit] Landplanes

• 4 Cessna 208 Grand Caravan (Kenmore Air Express service, based at KBFI)

[edit] External links

• Kenmore Air