BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. 

July 10,2014 

Essential Air Service 

RAMPART, ALASKA Docket DOT-OST -2008-0201 

Under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq. 

Proposal to Provide Essential Air Service at Rampart, Alaska DOT-OST-2008-

0201 

Tatonduk Outfitters Limited ( dba Everts Air Alaska) is energized to submit this proposal to 

provide weekly reserved Essential Air Service to Rampmi, Alaska commencing November 1, 

2014. 

Everts Air Alaska's safety record is umnatched for Fairbanks flight operators. 

The flights to Rampmi will be in the Pilatus PC-12 and the Cessna Caravan which are modern-day 

turbine powered aircraft. The flight distance to Rampart, from Fairbanks, is 82 nautical miles. 

Eve11s Air Alaska's proposal is to fly 2 scheduled nonstop flights each week and 104 flights per 

year. 

The proposed direct nonstop service will be a Fairbanks-Rampart-Fairbanks line only. Both the 

Pilatus and the Caravan are capable oftranspmiing between 2000-2800 pounds of mail, freight 

and/or 9 passengers per flight. Please visit Eve11s Air Alaska's web site at www.evertsair.com to 

exmnine Pilatus and Caravan aircraft specific information and photos. (Select 'Aircraft' in the 

header part of the page and scroll down to find the Pilatus or Caravan infmmation.) 

There is no public road transportation to the village of Rampart nor does the 3500 foot runway 

have a FAA certified instrument approach. The aircraft proposed for this contract are ce11ified for 

IFR flight (instrument flight rules) and can depart Fairbanks when the weather is inclement. Being 

able to utilize this IFR aircraft option will allow flights out of Fairbanks in reduced weather 

conditions and thus not intenupt the flight schedule when the weather in Rampart is VFR. 
Proposed Schedule 

• 2 flights per week and 1 04 flights per year 

• Depending on community demand, flights will be either a Monday/Tuesday and a 

Thursday/Friday weekly schedule 

• I 04 flights per year in the Pilatus PC-12 or the Cessna Caravan 208B 

• Fairbanks departure at !O:OOam arrive Rampart at !0:30am 

• Rampmt depmture at 1 0:40am anive Fairbanks at 11:1 Oam 

Projected Revenue 

Projected revenue has been calculated using analysis of various data including DOT numbers, 

speaking with community members, and internal company numbers. Our calculated trend 

numbers suggests a flattening out for passenger travel and maybe a small drop in mail and freight 

weights. EAA plans to reduce the cunent freight rate and ticket price hoping that the decrease will 

influence more freight shipments and passenger travel. For this reason, we use the following 

numbers for projected traffic. 

FAIRBANKS-RAMPART-FAIRBANKS 

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250 projected FAI-RMP-FAI passengers per year 

Passenger fares per $95.00 one-way ticket 

Minus the Federal Transp01tation Tax 

Projected FAI-RMP-FAI mail per year 14,000 pounds 

CtuTent bush mail rate @ $1.04 x 11,000 lbs 

Projected FAI-RMP-FAI freight per year 6000 pounds 

Freight rate @ $.60 cents a pound x 6000 lbs 

$23,750.00 

-$2209.30 

$11,440.00 

$3600.00 

Projected Revenue per year for passengers, mail, & freight: $36,580.70 
Hourly Pilatus/Caravan Operating Costs 

Pilot 

Aircraft Fuel & Oil 

Other 

Maintenance 

Total Direct 

Total Expenses: 

Subsidy Request 

)> Total Annual Operating Costs 

)> Profit Element @ 10% 

)> Total Economic Cost 

Projected Revenue 

Per Hour 

$85.00 

$270.00 

$200.00 

$150.00 

$705.00 

$705.00 

Yearly Subsidy required at 100% completion 

Extended Costs 

12 months 

block 124.8 hours 

$10,608.00 

$33,696.00 

$24,960.00 

$18,720.00 

$87,984.00 

$87,984.00 

$87,984.00 

$8798.40 

$96,782.40 

$36,580.70 

$60,201.70 

Everts Air Alaska ce1iifies that operations are conducted in compliance with Depmiment 

regulations regarding drug-free workplaces, nondiscrimination and all regulations goveming 

lobbying activities. Eve1is Air Alaska will present official documents verifying confmmity on 

request. 

Sincer~~ ~ 

Tatonduk 

Dba Everts 

Outfitters 

Air Alaska 

L~ 5525 Airport Industrial Rd. 

Fairbanks, AK 99709 

Ken Leary 

Director of Operations 

Everts Air Alaska 

kleary@eve1isair.com 

907-450-2353