Penobscot Island Air

Penobscot Island Air
Founded	December 10, 2004; Rockland, Maine, U.S.
Operating bases	Knox County Regional Airport
Fleet size	4
Destinations	4
Key people	Kevin Waters
Website	www.penobscotislandair.net/index.php

Penobscot Island Air is a small regional airline based at Knox County Regional Airport, Maine, United States (RKD) operating from a private terminal. The airline operates scheduled service to the islands in Maine's Penobscot Bay and offers private charter land and seaplane flights throughout the region.

Fleet

Penobscot Island Air operates a fleet of Cessna aircraft equipped with both wheels and floats. The Penobscot Island Air fleet includes the following aircraft types (as of 21 May 2014^[update]).^[1]

Destinations

Penobscot Island Air operates scheduled cargo and passenger flights to the following destinations within the state of Maine (as of 20 March 2016^[update]).

Charter flights are routinely flown to a number of airports including:

Bangor
Bar Harbor
Belfast
Biddeford
Big Green
Brunswick Executive
Criehaven
Portland
Stonington
Wiscasset

Accidents

On October 5, 2011, a Cessna 207A crashed while attempting to land at Matinicus. The pilot and sole occupant of the cargo flight were killed.
On July 17, 2011, a Cessna 206G made a water landing shortly after takeoff from Matinicus. The four occupants of the aircraft were rescued from the ocean.^[2]
On June 26, 2017, a Cessna 206 crashed shortly after takeoff from Vinalhaven. The pilot and sole occupant were taken to the Knox County Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
On September 1, 2017, a Cessna 206 crash near Harpswell, Maine

References

^ "Our Fleet". Penobscot Island Air. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ Betts, Stephen. "NTSB report blames pilot error in 2011 island air crashes". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 21 May 2014.