Clausen Aviation

Clausen Aviation is a small charter company based in Norfolk, in northeast Nebraska. It flies a Cessna Conquest II, a pressurised twin turboprop, and says it carries passengers to cities across the 48 contiguous United States. Like many single aircraft operators in the Plains, it focuses on reaching smaller airports that sit closer to a traveller's final destination than the nearest airline hub.

The company says its trips cover business travel, vacations and weekend getaways, and that it also flies empty legs when the aircraft is repositioning. It says its pilot has more than 25 years of flying experience, and the company describes more than a decade of operating history.

Alongside the flight itself, the company says it helps with trip planning, including lodging, rental vehicles and activities at the destination. It lists free onboard Wi-Fi and round the clock availability, and it runs a wellness and aesthetics offering, branded Mile High Med Spa, that it says can be booked as part of a flight.

On safety, the company says it will not fly into risky weather and that it maintains the Conquest to high standards. For travellers in northeast Nebraska, the Conquest offers a cabin that can climb above much of the weather and cover regional and cross country trips without the drive to Omaha or Sioux Falls.