|
Contract Air Mail
Routes of 1929
|
|
Note: This table displays the historical route by city, not
by airport.
|
|
|
|
Route Number
|
Historical Operating
Carrier
|
Route
|
Distance (mi)
|
|
CAM 1
|
Colonial Air Transport
|
New Brunswick NJ - Hartford, CT - Boston, MA
|
192 mi
|
|
CAM 2
|
Robertson Aircraft Corporation
|
Chicago, IL - Peoria, IL - Springfield, IL -
St Louis, MO
|
278 mi
|
|
CAM 3
|
National Air Transport
|
Chicago, IL - Moline, IL - St Jospeh, MO -
Kansas City, MO - Wichita, KS - Ponca City, OK - Tulsa, OK - Oklahoma City,
OK - Ft. Worth, TX - Dallas, TX
|
1,059 mi
|
|
CAM 4
|
Western Air Express
|
Salt Lake City, UT (Woodward Field) - Las
Vegas, NV - Los Angeles, CA
|
600 mi
|
|
CAM 5
|
Varney Air Lines
|
Salt Lake City, UT - Boise, ID - Pasco, WA
|
530 mi
|
|
CAM 6
|
Discontinued
|
|
|
|
CAM 7
|
Discontinued
|
|
|
|
CAM 8
|
Pacific Air Transport
|
Seattle, WA - Tacoma, WA – Vancouver, WA -
Medford, OR – San Francisco, CA - San Jose, CA - Fresno, CA - Bakersfield,
CA - Los Angeles, CA
|
1,099 mi
|
|
CAM 9
|
Northwest Airways
|
Chicago, IL - Milwaukee, WI - Madison, WI -
La Crosse, WI - St Paul/Minneapolis, MN
|
383 mi
|
|
CAM 10
|
Discontinued
|
|
|
|
CAM 11
|
Clifford Ball
|
Cleveland, OH - Youngstown, OH - Pittsburgh,
PA
|
123 mi
|
|
CAM 12
|
Western Air Express
|
Cheyenne, WY - Denver, CO - Colorado Springs,
CO - Pueblo, CO
|
199 mi
|
|
CAM 13
|
Discontinued
|
|
|
|
CAM 14
|
Discontinued
|
|
|
|
CAM 15
|
Discontinued
|
|
|
|
CAM 16
|
Continental Air Lines
|
Cleveland, OH - Akron, OH - Columbus, OH - Dayton,
OH - Cincinnati, OH - Louisville, KY
|
339 mi
|
|
CAM 17
|
National Air Transport
|
New York, NY - Cleveland, OH - Toledo, OH -
Detroit, MI - Chicago, IL
|
772 mi
|
|
CAM 18
|
Boeing Air Transport
|
Chicago, IL - Iowa City, IA - Cedar Rapids,
IA - Des Moines, IA - Omaha, NE - Lincoln, NE - North Platte, NE -
Cheyenne, WY - Rock Springs, WY - Salt Lake City, UT - Elko, NV - Reno, NV
- Sacramento, CA - San Francisco, CA
|
1,918 mi
|
|
CAM 19
|
Pitcairn Aviation
|
New York, NY - Philadelphia, PA - Washington,
DC - Richmond, VA – Winston Salem NC - Greensboro, NC – High Point, NC -
Spartanburg, SC - Atlanta, GA
|
763 mi
|
|
CAM 20
|
Colonial Western Airways
|
Albany, NY - Schenectady, NY - Utica, NY -
Rome, NY - Syracuse, NY - Rochester, NY - Buffalo, NY - Cleveland, OH
|
443 mi
|
|
CAM 21
|
Texas Air Transport
|
Dallas, TX - Fort Worth, TX - Houston, TX -
Galveston, TX
|
320 mi
|
|
CAM 22
|
Texas Air Transport
|
Dallas, TX - Fort Worth, TX - Waco, TX -
Austin, TX - San Antonio, TX - Laredo, TX
|
417 mi
|
|
CAM 23
|
St Tammany & Gulf Coast Airways
|
Atlanta, GA - Birmingham, AL - Mobile, AL -
New Orleans, LA
|
479 mi
|
|
CAM 24
|
Embry-Riddle Company
|
Chicago, IL - Indianapolis, IN - Cincinnati,
OH
|
270 mi
|
|
CAM 25
|
Pitcairn Aviation
|
Atlanta, GA - Jacksonville, FL - Miami, FL
|
595 mi
|
|
CAM 26
|
National Parks Airways
|
Great Falls, MT - Helena, MT - Butte, ID - Pocatella, ID - Ogden, UT - Salt Lake City, UT
|
493 mi
|
|
CAM 27
|
Thompson Aeronautical Corporation
|
Bay City, MI - Saginaw, MI - Flint, MI -
Lansing, MI - Pontiac, MI - Detroit, MI - Ann Arbor, MI - Jackson, MI -
Battle Creek, MI - Muskegon, MI - Grand Rapids, MI - Kalmazoo,
MI - South Bend, IN - La Porte, IN - Chicago, IL.
|
534 mi
|
|
CAM 28
|
Robertson Aircraft Corporation
|
St. Louis, MO – Kansas City, MO – Omaha, NE
|
403 mi
|
|
CAM 29
|
St Tammany & Gulf Coast Airways
|
New Orleans, LA – Beaumont, TX – Houston, TX
|
319 mi
|
|
CAM 30
|
Interstate Air Lines
|
Chicago, IL - Champaign, IL - Terre Haute, IN
- Evansville, IN - Nashville, TN - Chattanooga, TN - Atlanta, GA
|
790 mi
|
|
|
|
Contract Routes of
1934
|
|
Note: This table displays the historical route by city, not
by airport.
|
|
|
|
Route Number
|
Historical Operating
Carrier
|
Route
|
Distance (mi)
|
|
AM 1
|
United Air Lines
|
Newark, NJ - Cleveland, OH - Toledo, OH -
Chicago, IL - Moline, IL - Des Moines, IA - Omaha, NE - Lincoln, NE - North
Platte, NE - Cheyenne, WY - Rock Springs, WY - Salt Lake City, UT - Elko,
NV - Reno, NV - Sacramento, CA - San Francisco, CA - Oakland, CA
|
2,720 mi
|
|
AM 2
|
Transcontinental & Western Air
|
Newark, NJ - Camden, NJ – Harrisburg, PA –
Pittsburgh, PA – Columbus, OH – Indianapolis, IN – Terre Haute, IN - St
Louis, MO – Kansas City, MO – Wichita, KS – Amarillo, TX – Albuquerque, NM –
Winslow, AZ - Los Angeles, CA
|
2,609 mi
|
|
AM 3
|
Northwest Airways
|
Fargo, ND – Jamestown, ND - Bismark, ND – Dickinson,
ND – Glendive, MT – Miles City, MT -Butte, MT - Missoula, MT - Spokane, WA –
Wenatchee, WA - Seattle, WA
|
1,274 mi
|
|
AM 4
|
American Air Lines
|
Fort Worth, TX - Big Spring, TX - El Paso, TX
- Douglas, AZ - Tucson, AZ - Phoenix, AZ - Los Angeles, CA
|
1,329 mi
|
|
AM 5
|
Eastern Air Lines
|
Newark, NJ - Philadelphia, PA - Baltimore, MD
- Washington, DC - Richmond, VA - Greensboro, NC - Charlotte, NC -
Greenville, SC - Atlanta, GA – Birmingham, AL -Montgomery, AL - Mobile, AL
- New Orleans, LA
|
1,303 mi
|
|
AM 6
|
Eastern Air Lines
|
Newark, NJ – Camden, NJ - Baltimore, MD -
Washington, DC – Richmond, VA - Raleigh, NC – Florence, NC - Charleston, SC
- Savannah, GA - Jacksonville, FL - Miami, FL
|
1,195 mi
|
|
AM 7
|
American Air Lines
|
Newark, NJ – Buffalo, NY - Detroit, MI Ann
Arbor, MI – Jackson, MI – Battle Creek, MI – Kalamazoo, MI - South Bend, IN
- Chicago, IL
|
794 mi
|
|
AM 8
|
Pacific Seaboard Air Lines
|
Chicago, IL - Peoria, IL - Springfield, IL -
St. Louis, MO - Memphis, TN - Jackson, MS - New Orleans, LA
|
903 mi
|
|
AM 9
|
Braniff Airways
|
Chicago, IL - Kansas City, MO - Wichita, KS -
Ponca City, OK - Oklahoma City, OK – Ft Worth, TX - Dallas, TX
|
955 mi
|
|
AM 10
|
Eastern Air Lines
|
Chicago, IL - Indianapolis, IN - Louisville,
KY - Nashville, TN - Chattanooga, TN - Atlanta, GA - Macon, GA -
Jacksonville, FL
|
925 mi
|
|
AM 11
|
United Air Lines
|
Seattle, WA - Tacoma, WA - Portland, OR -
Medford, OR - Sacramento, CA - Oakland, CA - San Francisco, CA - Fresno, CA
- Bakersfield, CA - Los Angeles, CA - San Diego, CA
|
1,243 mi
|
|
AM 12
|
United Air Lines
|
Salt Lake City, UT - Boise, ID Pendleton, OR -
Portland, OR - Pasco, WA - Seattle, WA
|
1,017 mi
|
|
AM 13
|
General Air Lines
|
Salt Lake City, UT - Las Vegas, NV - Los
Angeles, CA - San Diego, CA
|
778 mi
|
|
AM 14
|
Central Air Lines
|
Washington, DC - Pittsburgh, PA - Akron, OH -
Cleveland, OH - Detroit, MI
|
457 mi
|
|
AM 15
|
Long & Harmon
|
Amarillo, TX - Wichita Falls, TX - Fort
Worth, TX - Austin, TX - San Antonio, TX - Corpus Christi, TX -
Brownsville, TX
|
1,114 mi
|
|
AM 16
|
Hanford Tri-State Air Lines
|
Chicago, IL - Milwaukee, WI - Madison, WI -
Rochester, WI - Minneapolis, MN – St Paul, MN - Fargo, ND - Grand Forks, ND
- Pembina, ND
|
780 mi
|
|
AM 17
|
Wyoming Air Service
|
Cheyenne, WY - Denver, CO - Colorado Springs,
CO - Pueblo, CO
|
201 mi
|
|
AM 18
|
American Air Lines
|
Boston, MA - Newark, NJ
|
201 mi
|
|
AM 19
|
National Parks Airways
|
Salt Lake City, UT - Ogden, UT - Pocatello,
ID - Butte, MT - Helena, MT - Great Falls, MT
|
517 mi
|
|
AM 20
|
Robertson Airplane Service Company
|
New Orleans, LA - Baton Rouge, LA - Lake
Charles, LA - Beaumont, TX - Houston, TX
|
337 mi
|
|
AM 21
|
American Air Lines
|
Boston, MA - Albany, NY - Rochester, NY -
Buffalo, NY - Cleveland, OH
|
612 mi
|
|
AM 22
|
American Air Lines
|
Cleveland, OH - Akron, OH - Columbus, OH -
Dayton, OH - Cincinnati, OH - Louisville, KY - Nashville, TN
|
470 mi
|
|
AM 23
|
American Air Lines
|
Newark, NJ - Philadelphia, PA - Baltimore, MD
- Washington, DC - Roanoke, VA - Knoxville, TN - Nashville, TN - Memphis,
TN - Little Rock, AR - Texarkana, AR - Dallas, TX - Fort Worth, TX
|
1,460 mi
|
|
AM 24
|
Delta Air Lines
|
Charleston, SC - Columbia, SC - Augusta, GA -
Atlanta, GA - Birmingham, AL - Meridian, AL - Jackson, MS - Monroe, LA -
Shreveport, LA - Dallas, TX
|
1,058 mi
|
|
AM 25
|
American Air Lines
|
Washington, DC - Charleston, WV - Cincinnati,
OH - Indianapolis, IN - Chicago, IL
|
681 mi
|
|
AM 26
|
Hanford Tri-State Air Lines
|
St Paul, MN - Minneapolis, MN - Sioux Falls,
IA - Sioux City, IA - Omaha NE - St. Joseph, MO - Kansas City, MO
|
863 mi
|
|
AM 27
|
National Airways
|
Boston, MA - Portland, ME – Augusta, ME –
Waterville, ME - Bangor, ME
|
215 mi
|
|
AM 28
|
Wyoming Air Service
|
Billings, MT - Sheridan, WY - Casper, WY -
Cheyenne, WY
|
405 mi
|
|
AM 29
|
Varney Speed Lines
|
Pueblo, CO - Las Vegas, NM - Santa Fe, NM -
Albuquerque, NM - El Paso, TX
|
530 mi
|
|
AM 30
|
American Air Lines
|
Chicago, IL - Peoria, IL - Springfield, IL -
St. Louis, MO - Springfield, MO - Tulsa, OK - Oklahoma City, OK - Dallas,
TX - Fort Worth, TX
|
931 mi
|
|
AM 31
|
Franklin & Baker
(became National Airlines)
|
Daytona, FL - Orlando, FL - Lakeland, FL -
Tampa, FL - St Petersburg, FL
|
158 mi
|
|
AM 32
|
Pennsylvania Air Lines
|
Detroit, MI - Lansing, MI - Grand Rapids, MI
- Muskegan, MI - Milwaukee, WI
|
265 mi
|
|
AM 33
|
Inter-Island Airways
|
Honolulu, HI - Molokai, HI - Maui, HI - Kona,
HI - Hilo, HI
|
333 mi
|
|
