Kalitta Charters LLC
Holds an FAA charter and air-taxi certificate (Part 135) under the designator KC8A, overseen by the FAA office coded GL23. 36 aircraft are listed on the certificate, mostly LR-35-A. Based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where it registers its own aircraft. Its flights broadcast the callsign Kalitta (KFS).
Website: kalittacharters.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
About Kalitta Charters LLC from its own website, read October 13, 2026
Kalitta Charters is an air charter and cargo operator based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, offering on-demand charter services for passengers and cargo, air ambulance services, and specialized medical transport including organ procurement and radiopharmaceuticals. The company also operates a Part 145 repair station for aircraft accessories and maintains turbine engines through sister companies.
- What it is
- Charter operator
- Bases
- Ypsilanti, MI
- Aircraft it names
- Boeing 737, Challenger 601, Falcon 20, LearJet 35, LearJet 36, Lear 45
- Services
- charter, cargo transport, air ambulance, organ procurement transport, radiopharmaceutical transport, maintenance, aircraft accessories repair, turbine maintenance
- Hours
- 24/7
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 135, Part 145, ARGUS Platinum
- Address
- Ypsilanti, MI
- Telephone
- (800) 525-4882
Written by the site from the pages of www.kalittacharters.com on October 13, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.
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In the air now from the volunteer receiver network
2 of this operator's aircraft are in the air over the United States right now. See them on the live map. Counted here: aircraft on the certificate, aircraft the company owns, and anything flying under its callsign, which can include aircraft it operates for others. Aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out.
Where the aircraft are in the air, on the ground, parked, or not heard lately · refreshed every half minute
2 in the air, 13 parked (last heard on the ground within 7 days), 18 not heard lately, 21 not heard since the site began listening.
Positions from the volunteer receiver network: an aircraft is "parked" when it was last heard on the ground within 7 days (it may have moved under a hangar roof or flown with the transponder off); "not heard" means nothing has been received since the date shown. Aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out.
Seen flying as Kalitta last 30 days · 19 aircraft
Aircraft the receiver network heard broadcasting this operator's callsign, since the site started keeping the record on 7 October 2026. Some belong to the certificate, some are owned by the company, and some may be flown for it under an agreement.
| Tail no. | Type | On the certificate | Flights heard | Last heard (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N453CK | LJ45 | yes | 30 | today at 8:42 am |
| N820CK | FA20 | yes | 223 | today at 1:45 am |
| N237CK | LJ35 | yes | 129 | yesterday at 11:05 pm |
| N452CK | LJ45 | yes | 66 | yesterday at 8:12 pm |
| N273LP | LJ45 | yes | 24 | yesterday at 7:47 am |
| N881MJ | LJ45 | yes | 54 | Saturday at 3:29 pm |
| N913CK | LJ35 | yes | 157 | Saturday at 10:54 am |
| N357CK | LJ35 | yes | 61 | Saturday at 6:23 am |
| N240CK | FA20 | yes | 79 | Saturday at 1:32 am |
| N47LP | FA20 | yes | 82 | Friday at 11:43 pm |
| N396CK | FA20 | yes | 218 | Friday at 7:43 pm |
| N451CK | LJ45 | yes | 132 | Friday at 12:48 am |
| N581CK | BE58 | no | 10 | Tuesday at 8:21 pm |
| N244CK | FA20 | yes | 61 | Monday at 7:20 pm |
| N808CK | FA20 | yes | 45 | October 30 at 10:46 pm |
| N245CK | CL60 | yes | 5 | October 26 at 12:48 am |
| N298CK | LJ35 | yes | 37 | October 16 at 7:36 pm |
| N431CK | LJ35 | yes | 12 | October 16 at 2:58 am |
| N243CK | BE20 | no | 4 | October 12 at 6:28 pm |
Connections how this operator links to the rest of the register
- Learjet 35 13 on the certificate
- Learjet 45 6 on the certificate
- Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON 5 on the certificate
- Gates Lear Jet 35 2 on the certificate
- Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON SER F 1 on the certificate
- Gates Learjet Corp. 13 on the certificate
- Learjet Inc 8 on the certificate
- Dassault/Sud 7 on the certificate
- Ypsilanti, MI · where it registers its own aircraft
- Michigan 7,226 aircraft registered
- Kalitta Charters LLC 51 aircraft in the fleet · the aircraft the FAA register lists under this name
- FAA charter and air-taxi certificate 36 aircraft listed · designator KC8A
- Callsign Kalitta (KFS) 19 aircraft heard in 30 days · on the live map
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/operator/kalitta-charters-llc.json.
Aircraft on the certificate 36 · grouped by the FAA's model shorthand
LR-35-A 14
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N163CK | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1978 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | in the air in the air now, 39,000 ft, 24 nm from Hilton Head Airport, as USC95 |
| N217CK | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1978 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Rickenbacker International, last heard Thursday at 7:36 pm |
| N237CK | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1979 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Centennial Airport, last heard yesterday at 11:10 pm |
| N295CK | Learjet Inc 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1980 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N298CK | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1980 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 16 October 2026, in the air then |
| N325NW | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1980 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N352CK | Learjet Inc 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1980 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Rickenbacker International, last heard yesterday at 9:57 pm |
| N353CK | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1976 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Rickenbacker International, last heard Thursday at 8:15 am |
| N357CK | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1980 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Saturday at 6:26 am, last near Fillmore County, in the air then |
| N35WL | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1981 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N431CK | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1981 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 16 October 2026, last near Kent State University Airport, in the air then |
| N73CK | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 | |
| N824CK | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1977 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N870CK | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1978 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
LR-45-45 6
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N273LP | Learjet Inc 45 | Kalitta Charters LLC | 2001 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 7:49 am, last near Washington Manassas/Harry P Davis Field, in the air then |
| N451CK | Learjet Inc 45 | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1999 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Friday at 12:52 am, in the air then |
| N452CK | Learjet Inc 45 | Kalitta Charters LLC | 2000 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Mineta San Jose International, last heard yesterday at 8:20 pm |
| N453CK | Learjet Inc 45 | Kalitta Charters LLC | 2001 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | in the air in the air now, 14,075 ft, 36 nm from Grand Haven Memorial Airpark, as KFS17 |
| N45KX | Learjet Inc 45 | Kalitta Charters LLC | 2003 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N881MJ | Learjet Inc 45 | Kalitta Charters LLC | 2000 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Saturday at 3:29 pm, last near San Antonio International, in the air then |
AMD-20-F5 4
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N100AS | Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1969 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N244CK | Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON | Kalitta Air LLC Ypsilanti, MI | 1977 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Monday at 7:26 pm, in the air then |
| N396CK | Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON SER F | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1979 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Friday at 7:51 pm, last near Auburn/Dekalb Executive, in the air then |
| N47LP | Dassault-Breguet FALCON 20 | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1981 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Friday at 11:47 pm, in the air then |
LR-35-35 3
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N355CK | Gates Lear Jet 35 | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1976 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 16 October 2026, last near Rickenbacker International, in the air then |
| N76CK | Gates Learjet Corp. 35A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1976 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Rickenbacker International, last heard yesterday at 9:14 pm |
| N913CK | Gates Lear Jet 35 | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1975 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Saturday at 11:02 am, last near Grosse Ile Municipal, in the air then |
AMD-20-C5 2
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N240CK | Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1966 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Saturday at 1:40 am, in the air then |
| N820CK | Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1967 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since today at 1:49 am, in the air then |
AMD-20-D 2
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N192CK | Dassault Breguet FALCON 20-D | Kalitta Charters LLC | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 7 October 2026, last near Bishop International, in the air then | |
| N229CK | Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON SER D | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1970 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
CL-600-2B16 2
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N242CK | Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16(CL601-3R | Kalitta Air LLC Ypsilanti, MI | 1995 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N245CK | Canadair Ltd CL-600-2B16 | Kalitta Air LLC Ypsilanti, MI | 1993 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 26 October 2026, in the air then |
AMD-20-20 1
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N808CK | Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1967 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 30 October 2026, last near Walker/Rowe Waterloo Airport, in the air then |
LR-36-36 1
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N905CK | Gates Lear Jet Corp. 36 | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1975 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
LR-36-A 1
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N71CK | Gates Lear Jet 36A | Kalitta Charters LLC | 1977 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
Sources: the FAA's list of Part 135 and 121 certificate holders and the aircraft on each certificate, November 2, 2026; the FAA Civil Aviation Registry, November 6, 2026; the volunteer receiver network for what is in the air. An aircraft on a charter certificate is often owned by someone else and managed by the operator. Contact people named in the sources are not shown, the site's policy at this time. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: fix the base, add your website, send your own pictures. Add the "Listed on eFlight" badge to your website.