Penobscot Island Air
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| Founded | December 10, 2004 Rockland, Maine, U.S. | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Knox County Regional Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 5 | ||||||
| Key people | Kevin Waters | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
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. The airline does not use a designated callsign for ATC communication; instead, it identifies itself using the aircraft's registration number, such as 'November Two Zero Seven Juliet Papa.'
History
In November 2023, Sean and Andi Creeley acquired Penobscot Island Air and sister carrier Katahdin Air from the Waters family.[1]
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).[2]
As of October 2025, current fleet registrations include: N707KW, N4615X and N756SG (Cessna 206), and N900DF and N207JP (Cessna 207).
Destinations
Penobscot Island Air operates scheduled cargo and passenger flights to the following destinations within the state of Maine (as of 20 March 2016).
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.[3]
- 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 U206G (registration N4615X), crashed in a field near Harpswell, Maine while on a repositioning flight from Rockland to Portland, Maine. The sole pilot was not injured, however the Cessna was substantially damaged. It has now since been repaired and re-entered service for PIA.
References
- ^ "Penobscot Island Air, Katahdin Air sold to New England tech leader". Mainebiz. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ "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.