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| Founded | 1946 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Oakland, California, United States | ||||||
| Key people | Ronald J. Guerra (CEO and President) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
KaiserAir is an aircraft management and charter company.[1] It operates twoFBOs in the San Francisco Bay Area, atOakland San Francisco Bay Airport andSonoma County Airport. In addition to charter flights for VIP passengers, corporations, and sports teams, KaiserAir operates weekly flights to Hawaii, the Kona Shuttle and Hawaii Shuttle.
The company was originally part of the in-house flight department of industrialistHenry J. Kaiser. The flight department was sold off to its chief pilot, Ronald J. Guerra, in 1980.
KaiserAir grew out of the flight department of industrialistHenry J. Kaiser. The flight department was formed in 1946 to organize the transport requirements of the Kaiser group of companies.[2] The department flewGulfstreams,Hawkers,Falcons andJetStars. The company began providing transport, maintenance and aircraft management services to third parties in 1967. In 1980 Kaiser Steel sold the company to Ronald Guerra, KaiserAir's chief pilot, for $150,000. TheKona Shuttle, an exclusive air service to Hawaii for VIPs, used the KaiserAir terminal atOakland International Airport. When the companies providing these flights (Primaris Airlines andRyan International Airlines)[3] failed, KaiserAir acquired its first large passenger jet, aBoeing 737-700 and took on the service itself. It initially flew under the certificate ofMiami Air International, but in 2011 the company obtained a certificate of their own becoming the first new airline on the Oakland Airport in over 50 years. KaiserAir has since acquired four Boeing 737s.[4]
KaiserAir's past clients have included former U.S. Presidents, royalty, celebrities, and Fortune 500 executives.[2] KaiserAir's Boeing 737-500 was chartered for theJoe Biden 2020 Presidential Campaign.[5]
KaiserAir's main operation is fromOakland San Francisco Bay Airport where it runs its charter airline, managed aircraft for private clients, andfixed-base operator (FBO) services. It has been operating from this site since 1946. It has a second FBO atSanta Rosa Airport.[4] In 2011, KaiserAir had 150 employees across both sites. KaiserAir has a large VIP lounge and other passenger facilities.
KaiserAir has provided team transport to theSan Jose Sharks of theNational Hockey League since 2015.[citation needed]
As of November 2025, KaiserAir operates a fleet of fourBoeing 737 Next Generation jets.[6][7] It previously operated aBoeing 737-500[7] as well asGulfstream andCessna Citation family jets.[citation needed]
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| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||||||
| J | F | W | Y+ | Y | Total | Refs | ||||
| Boeing 737-700 | 2 | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | 60 | [citation needed] | Used for Kona Shuttle |
| — | 120 | 120 | ||||||||
| Boeing 737-800 | 2 | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | 60 | [citation needed] | 1 leased by theHarris-Walz campaign and used forTim Walz’s campaigning.[8] |
| — | 120 | 120 | ||||||||
As of 2011 (when KaiserAir had only one Boeing 737) they had a total of approximately twenty jets and tenturboprops based at Oakland.[9]
