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Venture Travel LLC d/b/a Taquan Air Service reported 5,688 flights in the twelve months to July 2026, carrying 12,655 passengers in 40,468 seats (31% filled) and 366,634 pounds of freight, on 104 routes from 17 airports: charter passenger service, scheduled passenger service. Reporting to the DOT since January 2025.

5,688

flights, twelve months

104 routes

12,655

passengers

31% of seats filled

airports flown from

17 listed below

aircraft types

mostly De Havilland DHC2 Beaver

Flights by month

By month, as a table

	flights
1/25	273
2/25	229
3/25	269
4/25	459
5/25	493
6/25	614
7/25	772
8/25	632
9/25	352
10/25	346
11/25	266
12/25	157
1/26	193
2/26	159
3/26	232
4/26	352
5/26	863
6/26	1,093
7/26	1,043

Passengers by month

By month, as a table

	passengers
1/25	43
2/25	73
3/25	67
4/25	335
5/25	485
6/25	1,211
7/25	1,895
8/25	1,591
9/25	511
10/25	319
11/25	53
12/25	30
1/26	33
2/26	25
3/26	57
4/26	172
5/26	2,468
6/26	3,746
7/26	3,650

Busiest airports departures, twelve months

Airport	Flights	Passengers	Destinations
Ketchikan WFB	3,660	11,829	16
Metlakatla MTM	887	362	4
Thorne Bay KTB	358	159	13
Edna Bay EDA	124	74	10
Coffman Cove KCC	91	33	6
Whale Pass WWP	85	26	7
Port Protection PPV	82	34	7
Hydaburg HYG	77	12	7
Naukiti NKI	77	44	8
Clark Bay HYL	73	25	6
Craig CGA	56	35	4
Kasaan KXA	53	4	5
Point Baker KPB	28	6	4
Meyers Chuck WMK	28	2	4
Chomondely Sound ZXH	6	7	1
Hyder WHD	2	2	1
Dora Bay DOF	1	1	1

The aircraft as reported to the DOT

De Havilland DHC2 Beaver4,103De Havilland DHC3 Otter1,585

Aircraft types, as a table

	flights
De Havilland DHC2 Beaver	4,103
De Havilland DHC3 Otter	1,585

The routes 104, busiest first · each direction on its own

Route	Flights	Passengers	Seats filled	Freight, lb	Miles
Ketchikan → Ketchikan WFB–WFB	1,988	11,017	76%	0	0
Ketchikan → Metlakatla WFB–MTM	882	421	8%	106,951	16
Metlakatla → Ketchikan MTM–WFB	873	357	7%	2,073	16
Ketchikan → Thorne Bay WFB–KTB	317	169	7%	40,052	41
Thorne Bay → Ketchikan KTB–WFB	286	129	6%	1,736	41
Ketchikan → Edna Bay WFB–EDA	75	67	11%	6,856	87
Ketchikan → Coffman Cove WFB–KCC	73	52	8%	25,670	68
Ketchikan → Hydaburg WFB–HYG	70	9	2%	8,458	47
Hydaburg → Ketchikan HYG–WFB	64	11	3%	133	47
Edna Bay → Naukiti EDA–NKI	56	41	9%	891	17
Naukiti → Ketchikan NKI–WFB	55	42	9%	110	71
Clark Bay → Ketchikan HYL–WFB	52	20	5%	3,005	39
Whale Pass → Ketchikan WWP–WFB	51	19	5%	564	77
Ketchikan → Clark Bay WFB–HYL	50	26	7%	33,271	39
Craig → Ketchikan CGA–WFB	48	35	9%	3,187	59
Ketchikan → Port Protection WFB–PPV	48	26	7%	1,902	101
Ketchikan → Whale Pass WFB–WWP	48	18	5%	30,569	77
Edna Bay → Ketchikan EDA–WFB	46	29	7%	184	87
Port Protection → Ketchikan PPV–WFB	43	23	7%	124	101
Kasaan → Ketchikan KXA–WFB	38	4	1%	307	31
Coffman Cove → Whale Pass KCC–WWP	36	12	4%	21,342	10
Ketchikan → Kasaan WFB–KXA	36	4	2%	3,077	31
Coffman Cove → Ketchikan KCC–WFB	35	15	5%	110	68
Ketchikan → Craig WFB–CGA	33	9	3%	39,646	59
Meyers Chuck → Ketchikan WMK–WFB	24	2	1%	8	35
Thorne Bay → Clark Bay KTB–HYL	21	5	3%	11,346	15
Point Baker → Ketchikan KPB–WFB	19	3	2%	83	102
Port Protection → Point Baker PPV–KPB	19	4	3%	408	1
Ketchikan → Meyers Chuck WFB–WMK	16	4	4%	921	35
Thorne Bay → Craig KTB–CGA	15	16	13%	3,889	28
Whale Pass → Port Protection WWP–PPV	15	4	3%	684	24
Naukiti → Edna Bay NKI–EDA	14	1	1%	1,017	17
Port Protection → Edna Bay PPV–EDA	13	5	4%	567	27
Clark Bay → Thorne Bay HYL–KTB	12	4	5%	1,431	15
Coffman Cove → Edna Bay KCC–EDA	12	6	5%	418	29
Ketchikan → Naukiti WFB–NKI	12	1	1%	1,332	71
Kasaan → Thorne Bay KXA–KTB	10	0	0%	1,301	12
Metlakatla → Thorne Bay MTM–KTB	10	5	7%	468	54
Whale Pass → Coffman Cove WWP–KCC	9	0	0%	183	10
Edna Bay → Port Protection EDA–PPV	8	3	4%	105	27
Thorne Bay → Kasaan KTB–KXA	8	0	0%	151	12
Point Baker → Port Protection KPB–PPV	7	3	7%	134	1
Thorne Bay → Meyers Chuck KTB–WMK	7	1	2%	827	12
Craig → Thorne Bay CGA–KTB	6	0	0%	1,252	28
Edna Bay → Coffman Cove EDA–KCC	6	1	2%	739	29
Ketchikan → Point Baker WFB–KPB	6	2	6%	109	102
Chomondely Sound → Ketchikan ZXH–WFB	6	7	19%	0	19
Hydaburg → Craig HYG–CGA	5	1	2%	3,776	23
Clark Bay → Kasaan HYL–KXA	5	0	0%	370	10
Coffman Cove → Thorne Bay KCC–KTB	5	0	0%	81	28
Thorne Bay → Metlakatla KTB–MTM	5	0	0%	237	54
Thorne Bay → Edna Bay KTB–EDA	4	0	0%	828	47
Thorne Bay → Coffman Cove KTB–KCC	4	0	0%	19	28
Port Protection → Naukiti PPV–NKI	4	2	6%	6	35
Ketchikan → Chomondely Sound WFB–ZXH	4	2	8%	0	19
Whale Pass → Edna Bay WWP–EDA	4	2	5%	463	24
Thorne Bay → Hydaburg KTB–HYG	3	0	0%	85	35
Kasaan → Meyers Chuck KXA–WMK	3	0	0%	54	15
Metlakatla → Kasaan MTM–KXA	3	0	0%	31	43
Whale Pass → Naukiti WWP–NKI	3	0	0%	47	17
Edna Bay → Point Baker EDA–KPB	2	0	0%	0	29
Edna Bay → Thorne Bay EDA–KTB	2	0	0%	5	47
Hydaburg → Thorne Bay HYG–KTB	2	0	0%	9	35
Hydaburg → Kasaan HYG–KXA	2	0	0%	85	29
Hydaburg → Chomondely Sound HYG–ZXH	2	0	0%	0	28
Clark Bay → Craig HYL–CGA	2	0	0%	1,495	20
Coffman Cove → Port Protection KCC–PPV	2	0	0%	23	34
Thorne Bay → Port Protection KTB–PPV	2	2	12%	49	61
Naukiti → Thorne Bay NKI–KTB	2	1	6%	14	30
Naukiti → Port Protection NKI–PPV	2	0	0%	72	35
Ketchikan → Hyder WFB–WHD	2	2	17%	0	75
Hyder → Ketchikan WHD–WFB	2	2	17%	0	75
Meyers Chuck → Thorne Bay WMK–KTB	2	0	0%	12	12
Whale Pass → Thorne Bay WWP–KTB	2	1	6%	0	37
Craig → Hydaburg CGA–HYG	1	0	0%	21	23
Craig → Clark Bay CGA–HYL	1	0	0%	0	20
Dora Bay → Ketchikan DOF–WFB	1	1	17%	15	23
Edna Bay → Craig EDA–CGA	1	0	0%	591	37
Edna Bay → Hydaburg EDA–HYG	1	0	0%	0	60
Edna Bay → Kasaan EDA–KXA	1	0	0%	0	56
Edna Bay → Whale Pass EDA–WWP	1	0	0%	1	24
Hydaburg → Dora Bay HYG–DOF	1	0	0%	15	24
Hydaburg → Edna Bay HYG–EDA	1	0	0%	0	60
Clark Bay → Point Baker HYL–KPB	1	1	17%	57	71
Clark Bay → Metlakatla HYL–MTM	1	0	0%	0	48
Coffman Cove → Naukiti KCC–NKI	1	0	0%	31	16
Point Baker → Edna Bay KPB–EDA	1	0	0%	97	29
Point Baker → Thorne Bay KPB–KTB	1	0	0%	17	62
Thorne Bay → Point Baker KTB–KPB	1	0	0%	158	62
Thorne Bay → Thorne Bay KTB–KTB	1	5	50%	0	0
Thorne Bay → Naukiti KTB–NKI	1	1	10%	0	30
Kasaan → Hydaburg KXA–HYG	1	0	0%	18	29
Kasaan → Clark Bay KXA–HYL	1	0	0%	4	10
Metlakatla → Metlakatla MTM–MTM	1	0	0%	0	0
Naukiti → Coffman Cove NKI–KCC	1	0	0%	0	16
Naukiti → Kasaan NKI–KXA	1	0	0%	14	40
Naukiti → Metlakatla NKI–MTM	1	0	0%	0	82
Naukiti → Whale Pass NKI–WWP	1	0	0%	181	17
Port Protection → Coffman Cove PPV–KCC	1	0	0%	59	34
Port Protection → Thorne Bay PPV–KTB	1	0	0%	0	61
Port Protection → Whale Pass PPV–WWP	1	0	0%	0	24
Meyers Chuck → Kasaan WMK–KXA	1	0	0%	0	15
Meyers Chuck → Meyers Chuck WMK–WMK	1	0	0%	0	0
Whale Pass → Meyers Chuck WWP–WMK	1	0	0%	3	42

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers), which Venture Travel LLC d/b/a Taquan Air Service reports monthly; the DOT publishes three months in arrears. A flight is one departure performed on a segment. All airlines · all routes.