Kenai Aviation Closes After 56 Years on Kenai Airport

After two generations of family ownership and 56 years of flying from the Kenai Municipal Airport, the charter air taxi service Kenai Aviation has closed and is beginning to sell its hangars, equipment, and airplanes.

Owner Jim Bielefeld, son of Kenai Aviation’s founder Bob Bielefeld, said a decline in oil field work since global prices began dropping in late 2014, along with the consolidation of the oil and gas operators who were the charter’s primary customers, prompted his decision to close the business while it was still able to meet financial obligations.

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