Federal NAICS Codes

NAICS 481211

Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation

Explore obligations, trends, recent awards, and incumbent contractors for NAICS 481211.

NAICS 481211 federal market metrics

Total obligations
$46.1B
Total awards
64,886 awards
Active obligations
$3.6B
Size standard
1,500 employees

What this NAICS covers

NAICS 481211 covers nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation, providing on-demand passenger flights by aircraft operators that arrange point-to-point transport, flight crew services, scheduling flexibility, and aircraft readiness outside published airline schedules.

Federal opportunities under 481211 typically involve procuring charter air transport to move personnel for missions, training, or official travel where scheduled service is unavailable, emphasizing flight safety, crew qualifications, aircraft airworthiness, and operational scheduling.

FY2025 snapshot

Obligations
$2.6B
Awards
3,140
Average award
$822.5K
Change from FY2024
+5.6%

Recent awards

Search contractors

$7,484

NORTHWEST HELICOPTERS LLC

Departmental Offices

PIID
140D0426FP118
PSC
V221 - TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRAVEL/LODGING/RECRUITMENT: PASSENGER AIR CHARTER

$701,085

BRAINERD HELICOPTERS, INC

Departmental Offices

PIID
140D0426F0648
PSC
F003 - NATURAL RESOURCES/CONSERVATION- FOREST-RANGE FIRE SUPPRESSION/PRESUPPRESSION

$673,271

HILLCREST AIRCRAFT COMPANY

Departmental Offices

PIID
140D0426F0647
PSC
V221 - TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRAVEL/LODGING/RECRUITMENT: PASSENGER AIR CHARTER

$23,520

REGIONAL HELICOPTERS LLC

Departmental Offices

PIID
140D0426FG053
PSC
V221 - TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRAVEL/LODGING/RECRUITMENT: PASSENGER AIR CHARTER

$41,500

GOLDEN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC

Departmental Offices

PIID
140D0426FP107
PSC
V221 - TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRAVEL/LODGING/RECRUITMENT: PASSENGER AIR CHARTER

$32,468

WRANGELL MOUNTAIN AIR INC.

Departmental Offices

PIID
140D0426FL024
PSC
V221 - TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRAVEL/LODGING/RECRUITMENT: PASSENGER AIR CHARTER

$71,727

AIR CHARTER SERVICE INC.

Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

PIID
75A50226F62006
PSC
V225 - TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRAVEL/LODGING/RECRUITMENT: AMBULANCE

FAQ

What work fits NAICS 481211?
  • Provide on-demand passenger charters to move personnel to remote or austere locations using contractor-owned aircraft and crews.
  • Conduct executive or VIP short-term transport missions requiring dedicated aircraft and custom scheduling.
  • Support contingency or evacuation movements of personnel on an as-needed, nonscheduled basis.
  • Operate point-to-point shuttle flights for training rotations or temporary workforce movements under defined task orders.
When is NAICS 481211 a weak fit?
  • Scheduled commercial airline service with published timetables and ticketing systems; missing the on-demand, nonscheduled routing element required for charter air transport.
  • Cargo-only airlift operations focused exclusively on freight and palletized cargo; missing the passenger transport and passenger safety responsibilities.
  • Aircraft maintenance, overhaul, or component repair facilities where the primary scope is depot maintenance and not aircraft operation or passenger carriage.
What solicitation language points to NAICS 481211?
  • Performance work statement specifies contractor-owned and crewed aircraft providing on-call passenger movements with hourly or flight-hour invoicing.
  • Safety and performance sections require air operator certificates, aircraft airworthiness documentation, and crew qualification records rather than facility or airport services.
  • Evaluation factors list safety management systems, flight hour reliability, and experience operating nonscheduled passenger missions rather than route performance metrics of scheduled airlines.

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