BEFORE THE ~·•· 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION' 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTO~,,. D.C. 

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July 9, 2012 

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 hereby submitting this proposal to provide 

scheduled weekly Essential Air Service (EAS) to Rampart, Alaska from Fairbanks for the contract 

period beginning October 1, 2012. 

Everts Air Alaska looks forward to serving and providing direct nonstop scheduled air service to 

the community of Rampart. 

The flight distance to Rampart from Fairbanks is 82 nautical miles and the average round trip 

flight time is 1.2 hours per flight or 124.8 hours per year. Everts Air Alaska's proposal is to t1y 2 

scheduled nonstop flights each week and 104 flights per year during this contract period. 

This direct nonstop service will be a Fairbanks-Rampart-Fairbanks flight only. Scheduled service 

will be flown in a Pilatus PC-12, a Cessna Caravan or a Piper Lance. The Pilatus and the Caravan 

are capable of transporting between 2000-2400 pounds of mail, freight and/or 9 passengers per 

flight with the Piper Lance moving 850-950 pounds of mail, freight and/or 5 passengers on each 

flight. Please visit Everts Air Alaska's web site at www.evertsair.com to examine Pilatus, 

Caravan, and Lance aircraft specific information and photos. (Select 'Aircraft' in the header part 

of the page and scroll down to find the Pilatus, Caravan, and Lance information.) 

Currently there is no public road transportation or bus service into the village of Rampart -unlike 

nearby community neighbors living in Minto and Manley Hot Springs. The 3500 foot runway 

does not possess a FAA certified instrument approach. The Pilatus and Caravan are both certified 

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

land at Rampart in VFR conditions. Being able to utilize this IFR aircraft option will allow flights 

out of Fairbanks in reduced weather conditions and thus not interrupt the t1ight schedule when the 

weather in Rampart is VFR. When t1ying passengers, the Piper Lance will be limited to VFR 

conditions only. 
Proposed Schedule 

• 2 flights per we.ek and 104 flights per year 

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

Thursday/Friday weekly schedule 

• 30 flights per year in the Pilatus or the Caravan 

• 74 flights per year in the Piper Lance 

• Fairbanks departure at lO:OOam arrive Rampart at 10:30am 

• Rampart departure at 10:40am arrive Fairbanks at ll:lOam · 

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 current 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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285 projected FAI-RMP-FAI passengers per year 

Passenger fares per $95.00 one-way ticket 

Minus the Federal Transportation Tax 

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

Current bush mail rate@ $.8957319 x 14,000 lbs 

Projected FAI-RMP-FAI freight per year 8000 pounds 

Freight rate @ $.60 cents a pound x 8000 lbs 

$27,075.00 

-$2030.63 

$12,540.47 

$4800.00 

Projected Revenue per year for passengers, mail, & freight: $42,384.84 
Hourly Pilatus/Caravan Operating Costs 

Pilot 

Aircraft Fuel & Oil 

Other 

Maintenance 

Total Direct 

Indirect expenses 

Total Expenses: 

Hourly Piper Lance Operating Costs 

Pilot 

Aircraft Fuel & Oil 

Other 

Maintenance 

Total Direct 

Indirect expenses 

Total Expenses: 

Subsidy Request 

~ Total Annual Operating Costs 

~ Profit Element @ 10% 

~ Total Economic Cost 

Projected Revenue 

Per Hour 

$85.00 

$229.50 

$205.57 

$433.42 

$953.49 

$171.73 

$1125.22 

Per Hour 

$66.38 

$72.05 

$71.27 

$196.17 

$405.87 

$44.71 

$450.58 

Yearly Subsidy required at 100% completion 

Extended Costs 

12 months 

block 36.0 hours 

$3060.00 

$8262.00 

$7400.52 

$15,603.12 

$34,325.64 

$6182.28 

$40,507.92 

Extended Costs 

12 months 

block 88.8 hours 

$~894.55 

$6398.04 

$6328.78 

$17,419.90 

$36,041.27 

$3970.25 

$40,011.52 

$80,519.44 

$8051.95 

$88,571.39 

$42,384.84 

$46,186.55 
Requested Subsidy for 2 year contract period: $92,373.10 

Everts Air Alaska certifies that operations are conducted in compliance with Department 

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

lobbying activities. Everts Air Alaska will present official documents verifying conformity on 

request. 

Sincerely, 

Tatonduk Outfitters Limited 

dba Everts Air Alaska 

5525 Airport Industrial Rd. 

Fairbanks, AK 99709 

Ken L~ary 

Director of Operations 

Everts Air Alaska 

kleary@evertsair.com 

907-450-2353