Mountain Air Cargo, Inc.
Holds FAA airline and charter certificates (Parts 121 and 135) under the designator MTNA, overseen by the FAA office coded WP39. 51 aircraft are listed on the certificate, mostly CE-208-B. Based in Denver, North Carolina, the address on its DOT certificate. Its flights broadcast the callsign Mountain (MTN).
Website: mtaircargo.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
The Department of Transportation certificates it for interstate charter passenger and foreign charter passenger service; the DOT's list says it is operating. The DOT's economic authority is separate from the FAA's safety certificate: both are needed to sell seats or cargo space to the public.
About Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. from its own website, read October 13, 2026
Mountain Air Cargo is an express cargo carrier operating over 75 aircraft on feeder routes for FedEx across the eastern United States and the Caribbean. The company also operates a Part 145 MRO facility in Kinston, North Carolina, providing line and heavy maintenance services for ATR and Cessna aircraft.
- Calls itself
- Mountain Air Cargo
- What it is
- Cargo airline
- Bases
- Denver, NC; Indianapolis, IN; Memphis, TN; San Juan, PR; Aguadilla, PR; Kinston, NC
- Aircraft it names
- ATR 42, ATR 72, ATR 72-600F, Cessna 208, Cessna 408, Cessna SkyCourier 408, ERJ-135, ERJ-140, ERJ-145, Boeing 737 Classics, SAAB 340
- Services
- cargo, line maintenance, heavy maintenance, avionics modifications, sheet metal repairs, composite repairs, aircraft records review, inventory management, training
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 121, Part 135, Part 145
- Founded
- 1982
- Address
- 5930 Balsom Ridge Road, Denver, NC, 28037
- Telephone
- (828) 464-8741
- [email protected]
- Elsewhere
Written by the site from the pages of mtaircargo.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 Out of date or wrong?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
None of this operator's aircraft is in the air over the United States right now, as far as the network can hear. See them on the live map. Counted here: aircraft on the certificate, 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
None in the air, 9 parked (last heard on the ground within 7 days), 35 not heard lately, 7 not heard since the site began listening.
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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 Mountain last 30 days · 58 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N909FX | AT43 | no | 76 | today at 12:33 am |
| N866FE | C208 | yes | 8 | yesterday at 11:19 pm |
| N710FE | AT76 | no | 83 | yesterday at 11:19 pm |
| N708FE | AT75 | no | 64 | yesterday at 11:15 pm |
| N851FE | C208 | yes | 27 | yesterday at 11:00 pm |
| N765FX | C408 | yes | 42 | yesterday at 10:04 pm |
| N763FX | C408 | yes | 53 | yesterday at 9:37 pm |
| N758FX | C408 | yes | 61 | yesterday at 8:59 pm |
| N971FE | C208 | yes | 36 | yesterday at 7:20 pm |
| N887FE | C208 | yes | 326 | yesterday at 6:03 pm |
| N874FE | C208 | yes | 128 | yesterday at 6:03 pm |
| N987FX | C208 | yes | 77 | yesterday at 5:32 pm |
| N988FX | C208 | yes | 138 | yesterday at 5:10 pm |
| N740FX | C208 | yes | 90 | yesterday at 3:12 pm |
| N853FE | C208 | yes | 29 | yesterday at 3:02 pm |
| N915FX | AT43 | no | 171 | yesterday at 2:37 pm |
| N792FE | C208 | yes | 62 | yesterday at 1:58 pm |
| N963FE | C208 | yes | 118 | yesterday at 1:49 pm |
| N800FX | AT73 | no | 163 | yesterday at 1:33 pm |
| N812FX | AT73 | no | 159 | yesterday at 1:21 pm |
| N706FE | AT75 | no | 60 | yesterday at 12:54 pm |
| N999FE | C208 | yes | 123 | yesterday at 12:53 pm |
| N910FX | AT43 | no | 54 | yesterday at 12:52 pm |
| N747FE | C208 | yes | 13 | yesterday at 12:51 pm |
| N761FX | C408 | yes | 155 | yesterday at 12:07 pm |
| N714FE | AT76 | no | 45 | yesterday at 11:27 am |
| N821FX | AT73 | no | 106 | yesterday at 10:54 am |
| N773FX | C408 | yes | 136 | yesterday at 10:48 am |
| N802FX | AT73 | no | 144 | yesterday at 10:33 am |
| N990FX | C208 | yes | 137 | yesterday at 9:25 am |
| N779FX | C408 | yes | 164 | yesterday at 8:33 am |
| N749FX | C408 | yes | 159 | yesterday at 8:15 am |
| N907FX | AT43 | no | 58 | yesterday at 4:08 am |
| N989FX | C208 | yes | 63 | yesterday at 2:09 am |
| N712FE | AT76 | no | 113 | Thursday at 11:14 pm |
| N762FX | C408 | yes | 29 | Thursday at 10:02 pm |
| N810FX | AT72 | no | 54 | Thursday at 7:08 pm |
| N862FE | C208 | yes | 73 | Thursday at 12:04 am |
| N918FX | AT43 | yes | 24 | Wednesday at 5:24 pm |
| N715FX | C208 | yes | 79 | Wednesday at 3:42 pm |
| N701FX | C208 | yes | 60 | Tuesday at 10:50 pm |
| N985FX | C208 | yes | 240 | Tuesday at 5:23 pm |
| N804FX | AT73 | no | 166 | Tuesday at 10:24 am |
| N820FX | AT73 | no | 10 | Tuesday at 1:10 am |
| N905FE | C208 | yes | 17 | Monday at 10:44 pm |
| N920FX | AT43 | no | 39 | Monday at 7:17 pm |
| N806FX | AT73 | no | 61 | November 6 at 11:30 pm |
| N743FX | C408 | yes | 13 | November 6 at 4:09 am |
| N881FE | C208 | yes | 17 | November 5 at 10:35 pm |
| N906FX | AT43 | no | 49 | November 5 at 6:53 pm |
| N729FX | C208 | yes | 142 | November 5 at 3:51 pm |
| N986FX | C208 | yes | 69 | November 5 at 11:28 am |
| N731FX | C208 | yes | 104 | November 4 at 4:27 pm |
| N973FE | C208 | yes | 52 | November 4 at 2:18 pm |
| N947FE | C208 | yes | 12 | November 3 at 5:38 pm |
| N760FX | C408 | yes | 29 | November 3 at 2:05 pm |
| N831FE | C208 | yes | 59 | October 30 at 3:19 pm |
| N764FX | C408 | yes | 11 | October 15 at 9:25 pm |
Connections how this operator links to the rest of the register
Flies
- Cessna 208 Caravan 35 on the certificate
- Textron Aviation Inc 408 14 on the certificate
- Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42 2 on the certificate
- Cessna 35 on the certificate
- Textron Aviation Inc 14 on the certificate
- Aerospatiale/Aeritalia 2 on the certificate
Where
- Denver, NC · the address on its DOT certificate
- North Carolina 7,126 aircraft registered
Certificates and records
- FAA airline and charter certificates 51 aircraft listed · designator MTNA
- DOT certificated air carrier · Interstate charter passenger; Foreign charter passenger, operating
- Callsign Mountain (MTN) 58 aircraft heard in 30 days · on the live map
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/operator/mountain-air-cargo-inc.json.
Aircraft on the certificate 51 · grouped by the FAA's model shorthand
CE-208-B 35
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N701FX | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1994 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Rhode Island TF Green International, last heard Tuesday at 10:50 pm |
| N715FX | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1995 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Wednesday at 3:42 pm, last near Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, in the air then |
| N729FX | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1995 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Akron-Canton Regional, last heard Monday at 9:30 pm |
| N731FX | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1995 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 4 November 2026, last near Hagerstown Rgnl/Richard A Henson Field, in the air then |
| N740FX | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 1995 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 3:13 pm, in the air then |
| N747FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1990 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 12:59 pm, in the air then |
| N792FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 1991 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 1:57 pm, last near Dare County Regional, in the air then |
| N831FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 30 October 2026, last near Hagerstown Rgnl/Richard A Henson Field, in the air then | |
| N849FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 12 October 2026, in the air then | |
| N851FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1989 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 11:02 pm, last near Luis Munoz Marin International, in the air then |
| N853FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1989 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 3:06 pm, in the air then |
| N862FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1989 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Thursday at 12:04 am, last near Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, in the air then |
| N866FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1989 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 11:19 pm, last near Luis Munoz Marin International, in the air then |
| N869FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1989 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 6 November 2026, last near Statesville Regional, in the air then |
| N874FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 1990 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Newark Liberty International, last heard yesterday at 6:09 pm |
| N878FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1990 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N881FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 1990 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Monday at 4:39 pm, last near Luis Munoz Marin International, in the air then |
| N887FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1990 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Newark Liberty International, last heard yesterday at 6:09 pm |
| N905FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Monday at 10:48 pm, last near Luis Munoz Marin International, in the air then | |
| N921FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1987 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N947FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 1987 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 3 November 2026, last near Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International |
| N955FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 1987 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N962FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 1988 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N963FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 1988 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Cleveland-Hopkins International, last heard yesterday at 1:57 pm |
| N966FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1988 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 6 November 2026, last near Hagerstown Rgnl/Richard A Henson Field, in the air then |
| N967FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1988 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N971FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1988 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 7:20 pm, last near Luis Munoz Marin International, in the air then |
| N973FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 1988 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Newark Liberty International, last heard yesterday at 5:32 pm |
| N985FX | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2012 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Newark Liberty International, last heard Tuesday at 5:29 pm |
| N986FX | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2012 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 5 November 2026, last near Newark Liberty International, in the air then |
| N987FX | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2012 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Newark Liberty International, last heard yesterday at 5:46 pm |
| N988FX | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2012 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 5:16 pm, last near Newark Liberty International, in the air then |
| N989FX | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2012 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 2:08 am, in the air then |
| N990FX | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2011 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 9:27 am, last near Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, in the air then |
| N999FE | Cessna 208B | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 1990 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 1:01 pm, in the air then |
CE-408 14
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N408FE | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 2022 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 3 November 2026, last near Dothan Regional, in the air then |
| N714FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2022 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 2 November 2026, last near Rickenbacker International |
| N743FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2022 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 6 November 2026, last near Tallahassee International, in the air then |
| N749FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 2023 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 8:22 am, last near Tallahassee International, in the air then |
| N758FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2023 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 9:05 pm, last near Luis Munoz Marin International, in the air then |
| N760FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2023 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 6 November 2026, last near Dothan Regional, in the air then |
| N761FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2023 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 12:06 pm, last near Dothan Regional, in the air then |
| N762FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2023 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Thursday at 10:02 pm, last near Luis Munoz Marin International, in the air then |
| N763FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2023 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 9:40 pm, last near Luis Munoz Marin International, in the air then |
| N764FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2023 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since 15 October 2026, in the air then |
| N765FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2023 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 10:04 pm, last near Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport, in the air then |
| N773FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express Corporation Memphis, TN | 2024 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | parked parked at Rickenbacker International, last heard yesterday at 10:50 am |
| N779FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2025 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since yesterday at 8:41 am, last near Tallahassee International, in the air then |
| N780FX | Textron Aviation Inc 408 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 2025 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
ATR-42-300 2
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N916FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 1992 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N918FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 | Federal Express CORP Memphis, TN | 1991 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since Wednesday at 5:24 pm, in the air then |
Sources: the FAA's list of Part 135 and 121 certificate holders and the aircraft on each certificate, November 9, 2026; the Department of Transportation's certificated air carriers list, November 1, 2026; the FAA Civil Aviation Registry, November 11, 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.