Alaska Coastal Airlines was an airline in the United States. It was formed in 1939 as a result of the merger of Alaska Air Transport and Marine Airways. On April 1, 1962, Alaska Coastal Airlines merged with Ellis Air Lines^[1],^[2] trading for a while as Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines. Alaska Coastal Airlines was taken over by Alaska Airlines in April 1968.^[3]

Alaska Air Transport was formed by Sheldon Bruce "Shell" Simmons (October 8, 1908 – November 16, 1994)^[4] at Juneau in the summer of 1935 with one Stinson SM-2AC aircraft named Patco. Alaska Air Transport bought out Irving Airways in September 1936. Irving Airways had been started by Wilbur Irving at Juneau in the spring of 1936.^[5]

Marine Airways was formed by Alex Holden, Jim Davis and M E Monagle in Juneau in July 1936. Holden bought a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker NC196N in August 1936.^[6] In 1938, Simmons used Bellanca NC47M in the rescue of survivors of the Patterson, an oceangoing freighter which had run aground at Cape Fairweather, 150 miles northwest of Juneau.^[4][7][8] In 1939, Simmons and Holden joined forces, forming Alaskan Coastal Airways.^[6]

Ellis Air Lines was formed in Ketchikan in 1936 by Robert Edmund "Bob" Ellis^[9] (January 2, 1903 – May 8, 1994). At the time of the merger his fleet consisted of ten Grumman G-21 Goose amphibian aircraft.^[10]

In 1945, Simmons went to Vancouver, BC, and purchased a Grumman G-21 Goose, formerly in the service of the Royal Canadian Air Force^[7] On one occasion in the late 1960s, a woman had a baby in flight between Gustavus and Juneau.^[11]

Alaska Island Airways was acquired by Alaska Coastal Airlines in 1954.^[12]

• 1948 - Kingbird NC622V written off at Tulsequah, BC.^[13]
• November 14, 1952 - Vega NC49M destroyed by fire at Sitka.^[14]
• January 5, 1958 - Vega NC47M written off near Tanakee. Pilot killed, two passengers injured.^[5]
• January 20, 1964 - Goose N79914 accident at Petersburg.^[15]
• October 2, 1964 - Catalina N4936V written off at Otter Lake, flight attendant killed.^[16][17]
• August 21, 1966 - Goose N88820 written off near Juneau. Nine killed.^[18]
• August 30, 1967 - Goose N74588 accident at Prince Rupert, Canada.^[19]

• Aeronca PC-3 NC16250 bought new from Aeronca 1 May 36 and sold after two accidents in Juneau and subsequent repairs on 30 Sep 39 to Mary Joyce of Taku Lodge, cancelled in CAA records 4 Aug 48 after letter from Miss Joyce that it was unlikely to fly again (Source; FAA file for NC16250)
• Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker - one operated now preserved in the National Aviation Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.^[6][20][21]
• Cessna 180
• Cessna 185D - one operated^[22]
• Convair 240-5 - one operated^[6][23][24]
• Consolidated PBY Catalina- five operated ^[5][22]
• Curtiss Kingbird D-3 - one operated^[2][13][20]
• Fairchild 24 - one operated^[25]
• Howard DGA^{[clarification needed]}
• Grumman G-21 Goose - 24 operated^[26] including aircraft converted to turboprop power ("Turbo-Goose")
• Lockheed Vega - two operated^[27][28][29]
• Piper J-3C-65 Cub - one operated in 1948^[30][31]
• Stinson SM2A - one operated^[20]
• Waco ^{[clarification needed]}

• List of defunct airlines of the United States