Bering Air is an American based airline providing air transportation solutions. They have a varied fleet of aircraft and chartered flights which provide scheduled flights within the local community. It has headquarters in Nome, Alaska. Its main base is Nome Airport with hubs at Ralph Wien Memorial Airport and Unalakleet Airport. It charters statewide also like Lower 48 Canada and as far away as the Russian Far East. Bering Air also provides air ambulance and helicopter services. They provide with air cargo services as well. It has a fleet size if 27.

Bering Air has main hubs at Nome, Kotzebue, and Unalakleet. It also travels through 23 destinations providing all kinds of domestic, cargo and chartered flight services. It provides passenger and cargo services throughout the United States, Canada, and Russia. Bering Air provides scheduled passenger services to 29 cities in Western Alaska from the three different hubs.

Bering Air has a strict Bering Air baggage policy. Bering air has the right to check bags before issuing tickets. They have the right to check all cargo and all bags. Name tags are required in all the bags. Bering Air baggage weight allowed is 50 pounds and the baggage exceeding the limit will be charged at the applicable published excess baggage tariff rate. Bering Air baggage size matters because of safety reasons.

Carry-Out Baggage: According to rules and norms all kinds of carry-out bags should be stowed during landing and takeoff. Bering Air baggage allow carry-bags including small backpacks, handbags, and laptops.

Airport Check-in: Bering Air check-in is available only through direct counters at the airport. It is advisable to check-in a minimum of one hour before the actual departure time of the flight. The flights will be closed 20 minutes before the scheduled departure time.

Travellers can check in directly from the Bering Air kiosk present in various local and international airports. They can directly check in and select their choice of seat whether it is a window seat or an aisle seat.

Domestic Routes - Bering Air serves 32 towns in Western Alaska with the domestic flights. Most of them receive twice daily scheduled flights. From the Nome and Unalakleet Bering Air serves 16 villages including Brevig Mission, Council, Elim, Gambell, Golovin, Koyuk, Little Diomede, Saint Michael, Savoonga, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Stebbins, and Teller. From the Kotzebue, hub serves Ambler, Buckland, Deering, Kiana, Kivalina, Kobuk, Noatak, Noorvik, Point Hope, Selewik and Shungnak.

International Routes - It also provides scheduled international flights from Nome to Anchorage, Anadyr and Provideniya in the Russian Far East. It also provides services like air ambulance and helicopters to various parts of Western Alaska.

The fleet size of Bering Air is 27. Following is the list of aircraft

• Piper PA-31 Navajo- Total Number of the fleet is 6- Number of seats is 9
• Cessna Caravan EX- Total number of the fleet is 10- Number of seats in this aircraft is 9
• Beechcraft 1900D- Total number of the fleet is 2- Number of seats in this aircraft is 19
• Beechcraft King Air 200- Total number of the fleet is 3- Number of seats in this aircraft is 9
• MD Helicopter MD 500E- Total Number of fleets is 3- Number of seats is 3
• Robinson R44 Raven II- Total number of fleets is 3- Number of seats in this aircraft is 3.

Bering Air was established in the year 1979. Jim Rowe and three college friends embarked on a journey from Michigan and landed on Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula and then they settled in Nome, Alaska. Bering Air commenced operations from October 3, 1970 and with a single plane called the De Hallivand Canada DHC-3 Otter. After the initiation and increasing demand of popular bypass mail system, new aircraft were added. Later for power and speed, they changed their aircraft with equipment like turbine powered machines. Today the airline is totally owned by Jim Rowe who is the President of the airline. Bering Air Airline code is 8E(IATA) and BRG (ICAO). Callsign for the airline is BERING AIR.

For any queries and doubts, customer and passengers can contact customer care service open from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on all the seven days except Christmas, New Years, Fourth of July and Thanksgiving.

Bering Air customer care number for Nome and Unalakleet is 907-443-5464. For Kotzebue, it is 907-442-3943

Fax- 907-443-5919.

E-mail: reservations@beringair.com and denny@beringair.com

Bering Air Corporate Office Address:

Bering Air, Inc. 1470, Sepalla Drive. Nome Airport.

P.O. Box 1650

Nome, Alaska 99762