Tatonduk Outfitters Limited is owned and operated by life-long Alaskan Robert W. Everts.  Serving Interior Alaska since 1978, the company is the parent corporation for Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo.

            Robert’s career in aviation began while working for his father, Clifford R. Everts, a 35-year veteran of Wien Airlines and owner of Everts Air Fuel, Inc.  Robert graduated from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1984 with a B.S. in Aeronautical Science.  He purchased Tatonduk Outfitters Limited in 1993.

            Everts Air Alaska formerly Tatonduk Flying Service was originally established in 1977 in the Village of Eagle.  The first aircraft was a Cessna 180 with wheel and ski capabilities.  In the beginning years it was a charter-only service, providing air transportation for miners, trappers, and explorers.  In 1985 the company began scheduled service between Fairbanks and Eagle.  Today, Everts operates throughout Interior Alaska.

            The sister company to Everts Air Alaska is Everts Air Cargo formerly Air Cargo Express, a company that truly reflects the spirit and history of aviation in Alaska.  Everts Air Cargo is an all-cargo airline operating DC-6 and C-46 aircraft throughout Alaska.  These aircraft were used in World War II and subsequent military and civilian service, and were converted to some of the best cargo planes ever to be flown in Alaska.  Given the remoteness and inaccessibility of a majority of Alaska’s communities, the services Everts Air Cargo provides are invaluable.  The company provides affordable, scheduled air cargo transportation to 19 communities in Alaska, including Anchorage, Aniak, Barrow, Bethel, Dillingham, Emmonak, Galena, Iliamna, King Salmon, Kotzebue, Nome, St. Mary’s, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Petersberg, Wrangell and Unalakleet.  Everts Air Cargo also offers charter and flag-stop services, and the special handling of hazardous materials and oversized shipments.

            The company has made a commitment to continue developing its business in Interior Alaska and maintaining its headquarters and core operation in Fairbanks, rather than relocate as other air carriers have done.  As Tatonduk Outfitters Limited continues to grow, future business opportunities will be developed that will enhance not only the Fairbanks economy, but that of the state as well.