About Grant Aviation

Our Operations

At Grant Aviation, it is our goal to make your travel safe, easy and comfortable. We offer competitive fares, a generous baggage allowance, free ticketing changes, and fully transferable tickets. Click here for flight info.

We have base operations in Anchorage, Bethel, Cold Bay, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, Emmonak, Kenai and King Salmon, and serve communities throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the Aleutians, and Bristol Bay. In addition to scheduled flights, we also offer charter flights and cargo services.

Grant maintains an operating fleet that includes GA8 Airvans, Cessna 207s, Piper PA-31-350 Navajos, Cessna Grand Caravans, and Beech King Air 200s. 

Our Philosophy

We believe that air travel isn’t a luxury—it’s a necessity—and we are committed to providing safe, reliable and comfortable air travel for all of our customers, no matter where they live. Most of our communities don't have roads out of town, so our flights are critical for the delivery of mail, food, medicine, health care, and transportation. We strive to constantly improve our operations to ensure smooth travel and enjoyable experiences. Our operations are professional while staying true to our made-in-Alaska roots and commitment to the personal touch.

Company History and Commitment to Safety

Grant Aviation, an Alaskan-owned and operated airline, was established in 1971 as Delta Air Services in Emmonak, Alaska. Our name changed to Grant Aviation in 1993.

Throughout our early years, before organizations like LifeMed Alaska, Grant Aviation provided medevac services for many of the villages of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta. Villages would call us for medevac services all hours of the day, and often in the middle of the night.

In October of 1994, the village of Emmonak gifted an owl mask to Grant Aviation in appreciation for numerous life-saving efforts in the villages of the Yukon River Delta. This mask became our company logo.

Grant Aviation has grown considerably in size. Our headquarters are now in Anchorage. We have bases in Bethel, Cold Bay, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, Emmonak, Kenai and King Salmon, and serve communities throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the Aleutians and Bristol Bay. In staying true to our roots, we continue to provide air ambulance services in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region through a contract with LifeMed Alaska.

Grant Aviation has an active and robust safety culture that is ingrained in all areas of our operation. Our safety management system (SMS) is implemented voluntarily in partnership with the FAA. This enables our company to continually analyze risk within our daily operations and when making changes within our organization. We include threat and error management into our system, which enables purposeful decision-making methodology that focuses on identifying potential issues within our operations before they may become a safety concern. We participate in the FAA sponsored Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) and encourage our employees to identify and report on safety issues.    

Our pilot training program includes a specific module for controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) avoidance, this includes company policies and procedures that emphasize recognition and operation in flat-light, white-out, and deteriorating visibility weather conditions. We utilize advanced flight simulators to present realistic scenarios that allow our pilots to actively use their decision-making skills for a successful resolution.

Grant Aviation’s operations control center is fully staffed with experienced dispatchers and flight following personnel. This function is responsible for monitoring weather conditions and tracking all flights in our operation. Our maintenance department utilizes maintenance control specialists who work with our pilots and the operations control center to ensure the continued safety of all aircraft.

We are committed to work cooperatively with our regulators and employee groups to mitigate any safety concern.