page_title: Reeve Aleutian Airways
section_title: Fleet
hierarchical_section_title: Reeve Aleutian Airways / Fleet
caption_attribution_description: English: Reeve Aleutian Airways Lockheed Electra L-188C N1968R c/n 2007 delivered on November 25, 1959 to Qantas as VH-ECC Endeavour. Sold to Air New Zealand on December 1966 as ZK-CLX Akaron. Sold to Reeve Aleutian Airways on February 17, 1968.
context_page_description: Reeve Aleutian Airways was an airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It ceased operations on December 5, 2000.
context_section_description: The following aircraft served with Reeve Aleutian.
  Beechcraft D-50 Twin Bonanza: One (1) aircraft operated from 1959 to 1963.
  Boeing 727-100: Two (2) quick change variants operated from 1983 to 2001. The B727 was capable of being operated in a mixed passenger/cargo configuration as a Combi aircraft and was the only jet aircraft type operated by Reeve Aleutian.
  Curtiss C-46 Commando: Five (5) aircraft operated from 1957 until the last one was sold in 1981.
  Douglas DC-3: Seven (7) aircraft operated or leased from 1946 until the last one was sold in 1975.
  Douglas DC-4: Three (3) aircraft operated from 1957 until 1965.
  Douglas DC-6A: One (1) aircraft was operated between 1963 and 1980.
  Douglas DC-6B: Two (2) aircraft operated between 1962 and 1978.
  Grumman Goose (amphibian aircraft): Three (3) aircraft operated, one was destroyed and the other two were sold in 1977.
  Helio Courier H-250: One (1) aircraft purchased in May 1965 and then sold around 1975.
  Lockheed Model 10 Electra: One (1) aircraft operated and then sold in 1947.
  
   
  Lockheed L-188 Electra: Six (6) aircraft operated. First Electra purchased in 1968. Two aircraft destroyed by fire with one aircraft still in service when the airline ceased operations. The four engine Electra turboprop was capable of being operated in a mixed passenger/cargo configuration as a Combi aircraft.
  NAMC YS-11A: Japanese-manufactured twin turboprop. Four (4) aircraft operated with the first YS-11 purchased new in 1972.
  Sikorsky S-43 (amphibian aircraft): Two (2) aircraft operated with the first S-43 purchased in 1948. The S-43 was retired from service in 1957 with the sale of the last aircraft.
  Sikorsky S-39CS (amphibian aircraft): One (1) aircraft purchased in 1953.
caption: Reeve Aleutian Airways Lockheed L-188 Electra entered in service on 17 February 1968.
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