Key Lime Air

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KG LYM Subsidiaries Denver Air Connection Founded 1997		LYM KEY LIME Destinations 5 Fleet size 42

Secondary hubs Denver International Airport Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport Grand Junction Regional Airport Key people Cliff Honeycutt (President) Glen Rich (Vice President) Dan Bauer (Majority Stockholder) David Carrizo (Director of Operations) Jeff Taylor (Chief Pilot) Johnnie Krien (Director of Maintenance) Michael Giovannini (Director of Safety) Paul Rylatt (Chief Inspector) Headquarters Englewood, Colorado, United States Hubs Denver International Airport, Centennial Airport, Grand Junction Regional Airport, Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport

Key lime air

Key Lime Air is a United States airline with corporate headquarters at Centennial Airport in Dove Valley, Colorado, within the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area. It was established and started operations in 1997 and operates charter and United Parcel Service cargo feeder operations.

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Scheduled air service

Key Lime Air, dba Denver Air Connection (DAC), operates scheduled passenger air charter. DAC operates between Grand Junction Regional Airport in western Colorado and Centennial Airport and Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in the Denver area five days a week. DAC public-charter flights are operated with various aircraft, including the Piper Navajo, Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner and Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia turboprops, all depending on an on demand basis.

The airline began operating scheduled service between Sheridan County Airport in Wyoming and Denver International Airport on November 19, 2015 utilizing Fairchild Dornier 328JET regional jet aircraft operating at the Denver Air Connection.

On July 1, 2016 the airline began service to Riverton Regional Airport in Riverton, WY operating as the Denver Air Connection and using the same Fairchild Dornier 328JET regional jet aircraft flown on the Sheridan service.

Destinations

As of September 2016, Key Lime Air was serving the following destinations with passenger flights:

Colorado

Denver International Airport

Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport

Centennial Airport

Grand Junction Regional Airport

Wyoming

Riverton Regional Airport

Sheridan County Airport

Cargo operations

Key Lime Air operates on-demand cargo flights using Piper Navajo and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner aircraft. Cargo operations carry UPS overnight and express delivery packages throughout Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, and Montana.

Fleet

As of January 2016, the Key Lime Air fleet includes:

Incidents and accidents

December 30, 2014 – A Key Lime Air Cessna 404 Titan, registration N404MG, operating as Flight LYM182, impacted rural residential terrain shortly after takeoff from Centennial Airport (KAPA), Denver, Colorado. The accident was caused by engines not being sufficiently heated for cold weather. The airplane was destroyed by the impact and partially consumed by the post-impact fire. The sole pilot on board the aircraft received fatal injuries.

January 21, 2015 – A Key Lime Air Piper PA-31 flying cargo for UPS from Denver International Airport to Colby, Kansas, crashed while attempting to make an emergency landing at Goodland Municipal Airport after sustaining an engine failure. The plane struck power lines before crashing in a field. The sole pilot survived without serious injuries. The aircraft sustained serious damage.

December 5, 2016 - A Key Lime Air Fairchild Dornier SA-227DC Metro (twin-turboprop), operating as Flight LYM308, crashed a little after 10:00 P.M. in Camilla, GA. The flight departed from Panama City, Fl (Northwest Florida Beaches, KECP) and was enroute to Albany, Ga.(KABY, Southwest Georgia Regional), there was heavy rains and storms in the area at the time of the crash. The sole occupant, the pilot, received fatal injuries.

References

Key Lime Air Wikipedia

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