Aéreo Calafia
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Aéreo Calafia is a Mexican regional airline
founded in 1993, based in the Cabo San Lucas International Airfield
. It has Cessna
206 and Caravan 208 equipment. It has regular flights to the Baja California Peninsula
and the Mexican Pacific coast, in addition to charter flights and tours.
On February 11, 2009, Hector Manuel Verdugo Talamantes, son of Aero Calafia's owner and one of the airline's pilots, was murdered in La Paz, Baja California Sur
, Mexico
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/aero-calafia-pilot-executed-la-paz-baja-california-sur-mexico.
Baja California
Baja California Sur
Sinaloa
Sonora
Regional airline
Regional airlines are airlines that operate regional aircraft to provide passenger air service to communities without sufficient demand to attract mainline service...
founded in 1993, based in the Cabo San Lucas International Airfield
Cabo San Lucas International Airport
Cabo San Lucas International Airport is a small international airfield located northwest of Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur, Mexico.The airport has air taxi service...
. It has Cessna
Cessna
The Cessna Aircraft Company is an airplane manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, USA. Their main products are general aviation aircraft. Although they are the most well known for their small, piston-powered aircraft, they also produce business jets. The company is a subsidiary...
206 and Caravan 208 equipment. It has regular flights to the Baja California Peninsula
Baja California Peninsula
The Baja California peninsula , is a peninsula in northwestern Mexico. Its land mass separates the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California. The Peninsula extends from Mexicali, Baja California in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur in the south.The total area of the Baja California...
and the Mexican Pacific coast, in addition to charter flights and tours.
On February 11, 2009, Hector Manuel Verdugo Talamantes, son of Aero Calafia's owner and one of the airline's pilots, was murdered in La Paz, Baja California Sur
La Paz, Baja California Sur
La Paz is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2010 census population of 215,178 persons, but its metropolitan population is somewhat larger because of surrounding towns like el Centenario, el Zacatal and San Pedro...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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Fleet
The Aéreo Calafia fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 8 May 2009) http://www.aereocalafia.com.mx/aviones.html:- 6 Cessna 208Cessna 208The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single turboprop engine, fixed-gear short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft built in the United States by Cessna. The airplane typically seats nine passengers, with a single person crew, although with a FAR Part 23 waiver, it can seat up to fourteen passengers...
- 1 Cessna 206
- 1 Embraer EMB 120 BrasiliaEmbraer EMB 120 Brasilia-Accidents:*Brazilian Air Force on July 8, 1988 an Embraer EMB 120RT Brasília registration FAB-2001 crashed during and engine-out landing at São José dos Campos. Five of the 9 occupants died....
Baja CaliforniaBaja CaliforniaBaja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
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- TijuanaTijuanaTijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
(Tijuana International Airport) - EnsenadaEnsenada, Baja CaliforniaEnsenada is a coastal city in Mexico and the third-largest city in Baja California. It is located south of San Diego on the Baja California Peninsula. The city is locally referred to as La Cenicienta del Pacífico, or, The Cinderella of the Pacific...
(Ensenada AirportEnsenada AirportEnsenada Airport functions as the "El Ciprés" Military Airbase Number 3, operated by the Mexican Air Force. It is located 3 km south of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Besides military air operations, it handles general aviation services for the city of Ensenada. It is an official airport...
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- Tijuana
Baja California SurBaja California SurBaja California Sur , is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state on October 8, 1974, the area was known as the South Territory of Baja California. It has an area of , or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises...
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- Cabo San LucasCabo San LucasCabo San Lucas , commonly called Cabo, is a city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, in the municipality of Los Cabos in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. As of the 2010 census, the population was 68,463 people...
(Cabo San Lucas International AirportCabo San Lucas International AirportCabo San Lucas International Airport is a small international airfield located northwest of Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur, Mexico.The airport has air taxi service...
) hub - Ciudad ConstituciónCiudad ConstituciónCiudad Constitución is a city in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is the seat of the municipality of Comondú and is located 210 kilometers north of La Paz, Baja California Sur, and 147 kilometers south of Loreto, Baja California Sur. Ciudad Constitución's population was 40,935...
(Ciudad Constitución AirportCiudad Constitución AirportCiudad Constitución Airport is a small airfield located 6 km East of the central business district of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico, a city located in the Santo Domingo Valley, in the middle of the state....
) - La Paz (Manuel Márquez de León International AirportManuel Márquez de León International AirportManuel Márquez de León International Airport is an international airport located at La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic of the city of La Paz. In 2010, the airport handled 558,800 passengers, representing a 9.0% increase over 2009.-Airlines and...
) - LoretoLoreto, Baja California SurLoreto was the first Spanish settlement on the Baja California Peninsula. It served as the capital of Las Californias from 1697 to 1777, and is the current seat of the municipality of Loreto in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur...
(Loreto International AirportLoreto International AirportLoreto International Airport is an international airport located at Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic for the city of Loreto. It is operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, a federal government-owned corporation. It is capable of...
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- Cabo San Lucas
SinaloaSinaloaSinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....
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- CuliacánCuliacánCuliacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacán. With 675,773 inhabitants in the city , and 858,638 in the municipality, it is the largest city in the state of Sinaloa...
(Federal de Bachigualato International AirportFederal de Bachigualato International AirportFederal Bachigualato International Airport Is an international airport located at Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic of the city of Culiacán....
) - GuasaveGuasaveGuasave is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located in the northwestern part of the state, southeast of the city of Los Mochis. It stands at ....
(Campo Cuatro Milpas AirportCampo Cuatro Milpas AirportCampo Cuatro Milpas National Airport is an airport located at Guasave, a city located in the northwestern part of the state of Sinaloa in Mexico.-Facilities:...
) - Los MochisLos MochisLos Mochis is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 census, the population was 256,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population....
(Federal del Valle del Fuerte International AirportFederal del Valle del Fuerte International Airport-External links:** from NOAA...
) - MazatlánMazatlánMazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa; the surrounding municipio for which the city serves as the municipal seat is Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula.Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning...
(General Rafael Buelna International AirportGeneral Rafael Buelna International AirportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport , also known as Mazatlán International Airport, is located in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. This airport is the most important in Sinaloa for its international operations, and second to Culiacan International Airport for its domestic operations. It has one...
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- Culiacán
SonoraSonoraSonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
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- Ciudad ObregónCiudad ObregónCiudad Obregon is the second largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is situated south of the state's northern border with the U.S. state of Arizona. It is also the municipal seat of Cajeme municipality, located in the Yaqui Valley.- History :...
(Ciudad Obregón International AirportCiudad Obregón International AirportCiudad Obregón International Airport is an international airport located in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. It has one terminal with three gates and two jetways and two additional commercial aircraft parking spaces...
) - GuaymasGuaymasGuaymas is a city and municipality located in the southwest part of the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico. The city is located 117 km south of the state capital of Hermosillo, and 242 miles from the U.S. border, and is the principal port for the state. The municipality is located in the...
(General José María Yáñez International AirportGeneral José María Yáñez International AirportGeneral José María Yáñez International airport is an international airport located in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic for the city of Guaymas. It was named after General José María Yáñez who defended Guaymas against an army of 400 French, German and...
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- Ciudad Obregón
Incidents and accidents
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Occupants | Description |
| 126 | 5 Nov 2007 | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan Cessna 208 The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single turboprop engine, fixed-gear short-haul regional airliner and utility aircraft built in the United States by Cessna. The airplane typically seats nine passengers, with a single person crew, although with a FAR Part 23 waiver, it can seat up to fourteen passengers... |
Culiacán Culiacán Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacán. With 675,773 inhabitants in the city , and 858,638 in the municipality, it is the largest city in the state of Sinaloa... , Sinaloa Sinaloa Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales.... . |
13 | Just departing from CUL Federal de Bachigualato International Airport Federal Bachigualato International Airport Is an international airport located at Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It handles national and international air traffic of the city of Culiacán.... to CSL Cabo San Lucas International Airport Cabo San Lucas International Airport is a small international airfield located northwest of Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur, Mexico.The airport has air taxi service... , the airplane lost altitude and crash-landed in a field near the airport. No fatal casualties. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20071105-0 |