Pathfinder Aviation

Name: Pathfinder Aviation
Address: 1936 Merrill Field Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99501, US
Telephone: +19072571550

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Remote helicopter operations, proven in Alaska for any environment on 🌎 Fire | Ice | Heli-ski | E Pathfinder Aviation, Inc.

is an FAA Part 133, 135 and 137 certified air carrier operating mostly Bell & Airbus helicopters. We were founded in 2001 to fill a void in Alaska’s light utility helicopter market. Since then, we have become an industry-leading provider of helicopter services and logistical support, specializing in remote operations and extreme climates. Local and Worldwide Support
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ters and main base of operations are located in Anchorage, Alaska. Geographical operations include Alaska, Canada, and the contiguous 48 states. Experience and Expertise
We have the capability and experience to operate safely and economically in any environment by fully utilizing the capabilities of our aircraft and crew. We specialize in providing strategic aviation support to a variety of industries. Recent projects include:
- Oil and gas exploration
- Mining operations support and drill moves
- Power line construction and maintenance
- Aerial photography, including Cineflex HD
and Infrared
- Animal survey and tagging
- Firefighting and Forestry management
- Building construction
- Surveying
- Offshore
- Specialized agriculture and fertilizing
- Sport fishing
- Glacier and wildlife tours

08/28/2024

Summer isn’t over yet, but the Fireweed in Alaska may disagree. 📸

08/10/2024

Black and Orange. The Pathfinder colors. 📸

07/17/2024

Foggy Alaska mornings may put us on a weather hold but they sure are beautiful.

06/27/2024

On Wednesdays we wear pink 💪 📸

06/10/2024

Fire season is officially here. Training is complete and our crews are out in the field! 🔥 🚁

05/13/2024

Our newest addition to the Pathfinder fleet! A 212 Single Eagle. Thanks to our friends .copters for putting this beast together for us! 🚁

05/10/2024

Pilot extraordinaire, Zack Ard, snapped these amazing student artist renditions of our Nome helicopter that provides essential air service to nearby communities. The photos show the impact that our helicopter has to the village of Little Diomede. There is some amazing artistic talent! We feel the love!

04/23/2024

Oh the places these magical machines can take us. 😍🚁 I would imagine that was an epic ski line for

04/16/2024

A day of heliskiing with our friends at to an evening view like this. Alaska is truly breathtaking. 📸

04/05/2024

Views likes this will never get old! 😍

04/03/2024

The lines we dream of in Alaska. ⛷️🏂😍 📸

03/25/2024

Pilot extraordinaire, Jimmy Finney dropping our friends from on some sweet terrain! ⛷️ 🏂 🚁 thanks for the 📸

03/19/2024

Congratulations to pilot extraordinare Mike Kutyba. This is his last month working as one of the full-time pilot's on our Essential Air Service contract. Mike's first flight to Little Diomede was in June of 2010. He has maintained a close connection to the communities of Wales, Little Diomede and Nome in his 14 years of flying this contract. Mike was presented with this retirement gift from the community. Thank you Mike!

02/21/2024

We’ve been lucky to do some more landslide work with our friends in the Barry Arm! 🌋🗻🏔️

02/12/2024

Heliski in full swing 📸

12/13/2023

Cockpit view featuring our very own Jimmy Finney 🚁

08/11/2023

We provide transportation and mail services to the very special island of Little Diomede. We rely on local knowledge for weather reports and logistics and Henry Soolook has been that resource on the island for us for the last 6 years- and 33 years prior for other operators. Best of all wishes on your retirement Henry! Photo courtesy of the The Nome Nugget.

09/19/2022

Our company story was recently featured in Aerial Fire Magazine.

Alaska is called many things: The Last Frontier, The Great White North, and the list goes on. But, one thing you would not expect Alaska to be known for is a state with a sizeable aerial firefighting company. Anchorage-headquartered Pathfinder Aviation has called Alaska home since beginning oper ...

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1936 Merrill Field Drive
Anchorage, AK
99501

Telephone

+19072571550

Website

http://www.pathfinderaviation.com/

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Our Story

Pathfinder Aviation began as a FAA Part 135 certified air carrier based out of Homer, Alaska operating one Bell 206 B3 helicopter in November of 2001. In 2004, we added one more Bell 206B3 to our full-time fleet as well as our FAA Part 133 certificate. In 2006 we added one more Bell 206 B3 to our full-time fleet which then included three Bell 206B3s and seasonally incorporated more helicopters based on our needs.

In 2008, we were given the opportunity to start doing erratication work with the Nature Conservancy so we brought a 206L3 into our fleet and added our FAA Part 137 certificate.

By 2012, we had a fleet of 3 Bell 206B3s, 4 Bell 206L3s and a Bell 206L4, we also added our FAA Part 145 Certificate, we were also in the middle of a huge renovation of our Homer office adding more office space for our growing employee base, we had doubled our full-time employees in 2012.

In 2013, we added a Cessna 206 to our fleet to provide transportation for Homer Electric Association’s Bradley Lake Facility across Kachemak Bay and in 2014 we started operating two Bell 212s in Cook Inlet. In late 2015, we added 2 more Bell 212s on a contract on the North Slope of Alaska, in addition to our utility fleet which was made up of mostly Bell 206L3s at the time as the Alaska market was slowing down for Bell 206B3s. By January 1 of 2016 our full-time employee count was 2200% higher than the day we opened the door in 2001.

In October of 2016, Pathfinder Aviation was sold to a private equity firm, it was also the year that our last Bell 206B3 was sold. In May of 2017, Pathfinder purchased Erickson Helicopter’s Alaskan Assets which included different type aircraft and three additional hangars (Anchorage, Prudhoe Bay, Nome). At that time our fleet included:

3 Bell 206L3,

1 Bell 206L4

5 Bell 212

2 Bell 412

1 Astar 350B2

1 Astar 350B3

1 BO 105

1 Cessna 206

In November of 2017 the main operations hangar of Pathfinder was moved from Homer to Anchorage.

We have come a long way from our utility based seasonal flying roots and our management may have changed hands but we have an established history of supplying outstanding helicopter services to the regional and federal government as well as the private sector. This history is carried throughout our staff and we continuously strive to better ourselves with the training and professional organizations that we are part of. We fly for a variety of industries and interests including, mining, oil, forestry, geology, tourism, and cinematography.

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