Coastal Sky Taxi

Coastal Sky Taxi is an air taxi based at Hummel Airport in Topping, Virginia, on the Middle Peninsula between the Rappahannock and the Piankatank rivers. The company says it holds an FAA Air Carrier Certificate and flies a Cessna 182 Skylane, a four seat single engine aircraft well suited to short rural runways.

The company describes its service area as the Chesapeake Bay, the Northern Neck, the Outer Banks and the Eastern Shore, and says it can fly charters along the East Coast from Florida to Maine. One of its best known runs is to Tangier Island, a remote community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay that is reached only by boat or small aircraft.

Beyond point to point trips, the company offers sky tours over the bay and its shoreline and aerial photography flights. It says passengers choose their own departure time, can arrive about five minutes before takeoff, and every passenger gets a window seat. It also says it provides noise cancelling headsets.

The company says it is open seven days a week and can use thousands of smaller airports, which cuts the drive at either end compared with flying through Richmond or Norfolk. For visitors to the Northern Neck, the Outer Banks or the islands of the bay, it is a short and direct alternative to long road trips and ferry crossings.