Grand Canyon Airlines

Grand Canyon Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
YR CVU CANYON VIEW
Commenced operationsOctober 3, 1927
AOC #GCNA035A[1]
Subsidiaries
Fleet size21
Destinations4
HeadquartersTusayan, Arizona, U.S.
Key people
  • Charles Bassett
  • Mike McComb
  • Craig Sanderson
Employees600
Websitegrandcanyonairlines.com

Grand Canyon Airlines is a 14 CFR Part 135 air carrier headquartered on the grounds of Boulder City Municipal Airport in Boulder City, Nevada, United States. It also has bases at Grand Canyon National Park Airport and Page Municipal Airport, both in Arizona.[2] It operates sightseeing tours and charter service over and around the Grand Canyon. Its headquarters and main operation center is Grand Canyon National Park Airport and Boulder City Municipal Airport.[3] The company slogan is With Grand Canyon Airlines, Your Memories are Cleared for Takeoff!

The airline is owned by Elling Halvorson and had 600 employees as of October 2019.[3] Grand Canyon Airlines introduced commercial airline service to Boulder City Airport (predecessor to the contemporary airport) on June 15, 1936.[4]

  1. ^ "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  2. ^ Our Location Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine." Grand Canyon Airlines. Retrieved on October 3, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 87.
  4. ^ McBride, Dennis (February 2005). "Boulder City History". Boulder City – The Magazine. Retrieved May 28, 2022 – via bouldercitymagazine.com.