| Contract
Air Mail Routes of 1929 |
| Note:
This table displays the historical route by city, not by airport. Due to
incomplete research data, the States of some cities is unknown. |
|
|
| Route
Number |
Historical
Operating Carrier |
Route |
Distance
(mi) |
| CAM
1 |
Colonial
Air Transport |
Boston,
MA - Hartford, CT - New York, NY |
200
mi |
| CAM 2 |
Robertson Aircraft
Corporation |
Chicago, IL -
Peoria, IL - Springfield, IL - St Louis, MO |
276 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 |
1,078 mi |
| CAM 4 |
Western Air
Express |
Salt Lake City, UT
(Woodward Field) - Las Vegas, NV - Los Angeles, CA - San Diego, CA |
771 mi |
| CAM 5 |
Varney Air Lines |
Salt Lake City, UT
- Elko, NV - Boise, ID - Pasco, WA - Seattle, WA |
1,028 mi |
| CAM 6 |
Discontinued |
Newark, NJ -
Miami, FL |
|
| CAM 7 |
Discontinued |
Newark, NJ -
Chicago, IL |
|
| CAM 8 |
Pacific Air
Transport |
Seattle, WA -
Tacoma, WA - Portland, OR - Medford, OR - Oakland, CA - San Jose, CA - Fresno, CA -
Bakersfield, CA - Los Angeles, CA - San Diego, CA |
1,238 mi |
| CAM 9 |
Northwest Airways |
Chicago, IL -
Milwaukee, WI - Madison, WI - La Crosse, WI - St Paul/Minneapolis, MN |
892 mi |
| CAM 10 |
Discontinued |
Chicago, IL -
Jacksonville, ?? |
|
| CAM 11 |
Pennsylvania Air
Lines |
Cleveland, OH -
Youngstown, OH - Pittsburgh, PA |
140 mi |
| CAM 12 |
Western Air
Express |
Cheyenne, WY -
Denver, CO - Colorado Springs, CO - Pueblo, CO |
204 mi |
| CAM 13 |
Discontinued |
Salt Lake City, UT
- San Diego, CA |
|
| CAM 14 |
Discontinued |
Washingtom, DC -
Detroit, MI |
|
| CAM 15 |
Discontinued |
Amarillo, TX -
Brownsville, TX |
|
| CAM 16 |
Continental Air
Lines |
Cleveland, OH -
Akron, OH - Columbus, OH - Springfield, OH - Dayton, OH - Cincinnati, OH - Louisville, KY |
351 mi |
| CAM 17 |
National Air
Transport |
New York, NY -
Cleveland, OH - Toledo, OH - Detroit, MI - Chicago, IL |
736 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 |
2,030 mi |
| CAM 19 |
(1929) Pitcairn
Aviation
(1930) Eastern Air Transport |
New York, NY -
Philadelphia, PA - Baltimore, MD - Washington, DC - Richmond, VA - Greensboro, NC -
Charlotte, NC - Spartanburg, SC - Greenville, SC - Atlanta, GA |
803 mi |
| CAM 20 |
Colonial Western
Airways |
Albany, NY -
Schenectady, NY - Utica, NY - Rome, NY - Syracuse, NY - Rochester, NY - Buffalo, NY -
Cleveland, OH |
463 mi |
| CAM 21 |
Texas Air
Transport |
Dallas, TX - Fort
Worth, TX - Houston, TX - Galveston, TX |
333 mi |
| CAM 22 |
Texas Air Transport |
Dallas, TX - Fort
Worth, TX - Waco, TX - Austin, TX - San Antonio, TX - Laredo, TX - Brownsville, TX |
547 mi |
| CAM 23 |
St Tammany &
Gulf Coast Airways |
Atlanta, GA -
Birmingham, AL - Mobile, AL - New Orleans, LA |
488 mi |
| CAM 24 |
Embry-Riddle
Company |
Chicago, IL -
Indianapolis, IN - Cincinnati, OH |
274 mi |
| CAM 25 |
(1929) Pitcairn
Aviation
(1930) Eastern Air Transport |
Atlanta, GA -
Macon, GA - Jacksonville, FL - Daytona Beach, FL - Orlando, FL - Tampa, FL - St
Petersburg, FL - Miami, FL |
777 mi |
| CAM 26 |
National Parks
Airways |
Great Falls, MT -
Helena, MT - Butte, ID - Pocatella, ID - Ogden, UT - Salt Lake City, UT |
509 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. Also Cleveland, OH - Toledo, OH - Detroit, MI |
974 mi |
| CAM 28 |
Robertson Aircraft
Corporation |
St Louis, MO -
Kansas City, MO - St Joseph, MO - Omaha, NE |
404 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 |
810 mi |
| CAM 31 |
Discontinued |
Jacksonville, ?? -
St Petersburg, ?? |
|
| CAM 32 |
(1929) Varney Air
Lines |
Pasco, WA -
Portland, OR - Vancouver, WA - Tacoma, WA - Seattle, WA - Spokane, WA. Consolidated
with CAM 5, 1 July 1930. |
449 mi |
| CAM 33 |
(1929) Discontinued
(1930) Southern Air Fast Express |
Honolulu, HI -
Hilo, HI
Atlanta, GA - Los Angeles, CA. Operations began October 1930. |
2,375 mi |
| CAM 34 |
Transcontinental
& Western Air |
New York, NY - Los
Angeles, CA. Operations began October 1930. |
3,333 mi |
|
|
| Contract
Routes of 1934 |
| Note:
This table displays the historical route by city, not by airport. Due to
incomplete research data, the States of some cities is unknown. |
|
|
| Route
Number |
Historical
Operating Carrier |
Route |
Distance
(mi) |
| AM 1 |
United Air Lines |
Newark, NJ -
Cleveland, OH - Toledo, OH - Chicago, IL - Iowa City, 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 - Oakland, CA |
2,720 mi |
| AM 2 |
Transcontinental
& Western Air |
Newark, NJ -
Cleveland, OH - Toledo, OH - Chicago, IL - Iowa City, IA - Des Moines, IA - Omaha, NE -
Lincoln, NE - North Platte, NE - Cheyenne, WY - Rock Springs, WY - Salt Lake City, UT -
Las Vegas, NV - Los Angeles, CA |
2,609 mi |
| AM 3 |
Northwest Airways |
Fargo, ND -
Bismark, ND - Billings, MT - Helena, MT - Spokane, WA - Seattle, WA |
1,286 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 - Spartanburg, SC - Greenville, SC - Atlanta, GA - Montgomery, AL - Mobile,
AL - New Orleans, LA |
1,305 mi |
| AM 6 |
Eastern Air Lines |
Newark, NJ -
Philadelphia, PA - Baltimore, MD - Washington, DC - Raleigh, NC - Charleston, SC -
Savannah, GA - Jacksonville, FL - Miami, FL |
1,195 mi |
| AM 7 |
American Air Lines |
Newark, NJ -
Scranton, PA - Elmira, NY - Buffalo, NY - Detroit, MI - South Bend, IN - Chicago, IL |
794 mi |
| AM 8 |
Pacific Seaboard
Air Lines
(became Chicago & Southern Air Lines) |
Chicago, IL -
Peoria, IL - Springfield, IL - St. Louis, MO - Memphis, TN - Jackson, MS - New Orleans, LA |
1,238 mi |
| AM 9 |
Braniff Airways |
Chicago, IL -
Kansas City, MO - Wichita, KS - Ponca City, OK - Oklahoma City, OK - 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 |
928 mi |
| AM 11 |
United Air Lines |
Seattle, WA -
Tacoma, WA - Portland, OR - Medford, OR - Sacramento, CA - San Francisco, CA - Fresno, CA
- Bakersfield, CA - Los Angeles, CA - San Diego, CA |
1,224 mi |
| AM 12 |
United Air Lines |
Salt Lake City, UT
- Boise, ID - Pasco, WA - Seattle, WA |
1,029 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
(acquired by Braniff Airways) |
Amarillo, TX -
Wichita Falls, TX - Fort Worth, TX - Austin, TX - San Antonio, TX - Corpus Christi, TX -
Brownsville, TX |
1,125 mi |
| AM 16 |
Hanford Tri-State
Air Lines |
Chicago, IL -
Milwaukee, WI - Madison, WI - Rochester, WI - Minneapolis, MN - Fargo, ND - Grand Forks,
ND - Pembina, ND |
772 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 - Fort Worth, TX |
1,087 mi |
| AM 25 |
American Air Lines |
Washington, DC -
Charleston, WV - Cincinnati, OH - Indianapolis, IN - Chicago, IL |
679 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 |
902 mi |
| AM 27 |
National Airways |
Boston, MA -
Bangor, ME |
410 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 |
914 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 |
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