BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. 

July 10,2014 

Essential Air Service 

LAKE MINCHUMINA, ALASKA Docket DOT-OST-2008-0237 

Under49U.S.C. 41731 etseq . . 

Proposal to Provide Essential Air Service at Lake Minchumina, Alaska DOTOST -2008-0237 

Tatonduk Outfitters Limited ( dba Everts Air Alaska) publicly submits this proposal to provide 

Essential Air Service to Lake Minchumina beginning November I, 2014. 

Everts Air Alaska looks forward to providing direct-nonstop air service from Fairbanks to the 

community of Lake Minchumina. 

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

The flight distance to Lake Minchumina is 127 nautical miles. The average round trip flight time 

is 2.0 hours. Everts Air Alaska's proposal is to fly two direct nonstop flights each week and 104 

flights per year during this contract period. 

The direct-nonstop service will be a Fairbanks-Lake Minchumina-Fairbanks line only. EAS 

scheduled service will be flown in a Pilatus PC-12 or a Cessna Caravan. The Pilatus and Caravan 

are modem-day turbine powered capable oftranspm1ing 2000-2500 pounds of mail, freight and/or 

9 passengers per flight. Please visit Everts Air Alaska's web site at www.eve11sair.com to examine 

Pi latus and Caravan aircraft specific information along with photos. (Select 'Aircraft' in the 

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

There is no public road transportation to the inhabitants of Lake Minchumina. The Pilatus PC-12 

and Caravan are certified for IFR flight (instmment flight mles) and can depm1 Fairbanks when the 

weather is inclement and land at Lake Minchumina in IFR conditions. Being able to utilize these 

IFR aircraft will allow flights out of Fairbanks in reduced weather conditions and thus not intenupt 

the flight schedule when the weather is less than perfect. 
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 

• 1 04 flights per year in the Pilatus PC-12 or Cessna Caravan 208B 

• Fairbanks departure at 1:OOpm an·ive Lake Minchumina at 2:00pm 

• Lake Minchumina departure at 2:15pm anive Fairbanks at 3:15pm 

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 tbe cunent 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-LAKE MINCHUMNIA-FAIRBANKS 

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180 projected FAI-LMA-FAI passengers per year 

Passenger fares per $140.00 one-way ticket 

Projected FAI-LMA-FAI mail of 17,000 pounds 

Cunent bush mail rate of$1.37 

Projected FAI-LMA-FAI freight per year 15,000 pounds 

Freight rate @ $. 75 cents a pound x 15,000 lbs 

Projected Revenue per year for passengers, mail, & freight: 

Pilatus PC-12 I Caravan Operating Cost 

Pilot 

Aircraft Fuel and Oil 

Other 

Maintenance 

Total Direct 

Per Hour 

$85.00 

$270.00 

$200.00 

$150.00 

$705.00 

$25,200.00 

$23,290.00 

$11,250.00 

$59,740.00 

12 months 

$17,680.00 

$56,160.00 

$41,600.00 

$31.200.00 

$146,640.00 
Subsidy Request 

);. Total Annual Operating Costs 

);. Profit Element @ 10% 

);. Total Economic Cost 

Projected Revenue 

Yearly Subsidy J'equired at 100% completion 

$146,640.00 

$14,664.00 

$161,304.00 

$59,740.00 

$101,564.00 

Evetis Air Alaska certifies that operations are conducted in compliance with Depatiment 

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

lobbying activities. Everts Air Alaska will present official documents verifYing confmmity on 

request. 

Sincere/? ~ 

Tatonduk Outfitters Limited 

DBA Everts Air Alaska 

5525 Airport Industrial Rd. 

Fairbanks, AK 99709 

Ken Leary 

Director of Operations 

Everts Air Alaska 

kleary@evetisair.com 

907-450-2353