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Ponderosa Aviation

Safford, Arizona company serving southeastern Arizona since 1975 with aerial firefighting, air ambulance flights, an FBO and aircraft maintenance.

Unclaimed profile · Claim itFAA Part 135 certificate EHSA · Active★ ARGUS Gold
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Registered fleet
17 aircraft
Aircraft
Light jets and Turboprops
Base
Safford
Founded
1975
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Fleet

The Ponderosa Aviation fleet

17 aircraft listed on its FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate (EHSA). 4 aircraft types, grouped by size. Open any registration for its details and specifications.

Aircraft types

4 aircraft types

Representative photo of the Beechcraft King Air 200TurbopropsModel photo2 aircraft

Beechcraft King Air 200

Beechcraft

Beechcraft's mid-size twin turboprop, with a club of four, a belted aft lavatory, 55.3 cu ft of baggage and a take-off run of about 2,111 ft.

Cabin cross-section to scale, with a 1.78 m passenger
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Safety and licences

Licence and safety checks

Active
EHSA

FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate (EHSA).

Legal name: Ponderosa Aviation, LLC

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    Licence
    FAA Part 135 certificate EHSA · Active
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    Flies abroad under
    No foreign operator authorisation on the EASA or UK lists.
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    Safety audits
    ARGUS Gold (Independent safety audit of charter operators)

  • An FAA Part 135 certificate is the approval a company needs to fly on-demand charter for hire in the United States. Before issuing it, the FAA reviews the company's manuals, pilots, training, maintenance programme and every aircraft it adds, and its inspectors keep auditing the operation. An aircraft flown privately under Part 91 cannot legally be sold to you as a charter. Altivo Jets books flights only with licensed operators and names the operator on every quote. How we check operators.

Company

About Ponderosa Aviation

Ponderosa Aviation has served southeastern Arizona since 1975 from its home at Safford, in the Gila Valley. It is a small, broad based aviation company that holds an FAA Part 135 certificate and works in several areas that matter to a rural region.

Its aircraft fly aerial firefighting and wildfire suppression missions and air ambulance flights, taking patients from rural communities to larger hospitals. On the ground it runs an FBO and an aircraft maintenance and avionics shop that serves local and visiting aircraft.

Much of its flying is medical and firefighting work, so it is mainly listed here for reference.

Services

  • ✓Aerial firefighting
  • ✓Air ambulance
  • ✓FBO
  • ✓Aircraft maintenance and avionics
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How many aircraft does Ponderosa Aviation have?+

17: 12 Twin Commander 690, 2 Beechcraft King Air 200, 2 Cessna Citation CJ2 and 1 Cessna Citation II.

Is Ponderosa Aviation licensed to fly charter?+

Yes. Ponderosa Aviation holds an FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate (EHSA).

Does Ponderosa Aviation hold safety ratings?+

ARGUS Gold.

Where is Ponderosa Aviation based?+

Safford, Arizona.

How many passengers can Ponderosa Aviation fly?+

Up to 7 on its Beechcraft King Air 200. Across the fleet, cabins seat 7 passengers.

Is Altivo Jets part of Ponderosa Aviation?+

No. Altivo Jets is an independent charter broker with no ownership or commercial link to Ponderosa Aviation. Ponderosa Aviation operates its own flights and keeps operational control of its aircraft.

Does Altivo Jets work with Ponderosa Aviation?+

No. Altivo Jets has no agreement or partnership with Ponderosa Aviation, and Ponderosa Aviation has not reviewed this page. It is built from public records. Tell us your route and dates and we ask licensed operators that can fly the trip for availability and price. The operator is named on your quote before you confirm.

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Where this comes from

Licence and registrations from the Federal Aviation Administration register. Aircraft details from public aircraft listings. Aircraft photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each photo; other photos show the model. Safety audits from public industry directories. How we check operators.

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