gr00258.xml Aeronautics Department An Inventory of Its Civil Aeronautics Board Case Files at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

 Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies and Meagan Kellom, April 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Dept. of Aeronautics. Civil Aeronautics Board case files. 1950-1986. Materials in English. Briefs, exhibits, decisions, responses, correspondence, and related materials pertaining to the establishment and continuance of airline routes within Minnesota and between Minnesota and other states and cities, to proposals to change or discontinue service to various Minnesota cities and towns, and to proceedings dealing with foreign routes, particularly to London. Many of the most voluminous files pertain to North Central Airlines. 15.2 cu. ft. (16 boxes and 1 partial box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

There is also a small set of records (1976-1980) documenting a commuter air carrier demonstration project evaluating the provision of access to the national air transportation system from semi-isolated communities through use of a commuter air carrier.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Airlines -- Minnesota. Airways -- Minnesota. Local service airlines -- Minnesota. Transcontinental flights -- Minnesota. Organizations: North Central Airlines. United States. Civil Aeronautics Board. Document Types: Briefs. Functions: Regulating. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Dept. of Aeronautics. Civil Aeronautics Board Case Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 979-31; 2004-28; 2004-66; 2020-14

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001708735

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 115.E.11.1B Docket No. 4603: North Central route investigation, 1950-1951.

Includes some records from Docket No. 415, circa 1945-1946, relating to a similar case.

115.E.11.2F Docket No. 4387: Wisconsin Central certificate renewal, 1951. 115.E.11.3B Docket No. 2396: Great Lakes-Southeast service case, 1956-1958.

Related to Docket No. 3207.

 Docket No. 3207: Chicago-Milwaukee-Twin Cities case, 1957-1958. Docket No. 4052: Midwest Airlines, Inc. certificate renewal, 1951-1955.

Service to south and southwestern Minnesota, to Fort Dodge, Iowa, and to Fargo, North Dakota.

 Docket No. 6050: North Central Airlines Route 106 [Minnesota and Wisconsin] renewal [and extension into Iowa], NCA exhibits, October 15, 1953. 1 volume. [Docket Nos. 6166, 6763, 6771, 7058; see Docket No. 7454.] Docket No. 7141: Hancock/Houghton/Duluth/Superior/Port Arthur service case, State of Minnesota exhibits, undated. 1 volume. Docket No. 7723: Transpacific Route case, 1960-1962. 115.E.11.4F Docket No. 6432: North Central Airlines Segment 5 renewal case, 1954. 115.E.11.5B Docket No. 7122: Duluth-Chicago service investigation, 1957. Docket No. 7192: Quad Cities-Twin Cities case, 1956-1957. 115.E.11.6F Docket No. 7454: Seven States Area investigation, 1955-1958.

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin; includes related Docket Nos. 6166, 6763, 6771, 7058.

 115.E.11.7B Docket No. 7454: Seven States Area investigation, 1955-1958. Docket No. 7697: Service to Regina case [North Central Airlines], 1959-1961.

See also Docket No. 9266.

 [Docket No. 9266; see Docket No. 7697.] [Docket No. 9266; see Docket No. 7697.] Docket No. 9848: [North Central Airlines to Brainerd and Bemidji], 1958. Docket No. 10036: North Central Airlines temporary points renewal, 1960-1962.

Bemidji, Brainerd, Thief River Falls, Winona.

 Docket No. 11042: Wyoming-South Dakota-Chicago air service investigation, 1961. 115.E.11.8F Docket No. 12030: Ozark Airlines, Use It or Lose It investigation, 1961.

Service to Austin-Albert Lea, Rochester, and points in Iowa.

 Docket No. 12127: North Central Airlines, Use It or Lose It investigation, 1961.

Service to Mankato.

 [Docket 12137; see Docket No. 16458.] Docket No. 12285: Reopened New York-Florida renewal case, 1966. Docket No. 13435: North Central Airlines exemption, 1962. Docket No. 14219: North Central Airlines [application for change in service pattern involving Brainerd and Thief River Falls], 1962-1963. Docket No. 14337: North Central Airlines, Use It or Lose It service to Regina, Saskatchewan, 1963. Docket No. 14383: City of Winona v North Central Airlines, 1963. Docket No. 14748: Complaint of City of Worthington against North Central Airlines for inadequacy of service, 1963. Docket No. 15366: Sioux City-Denver service case, 1966. Docket No. 16458: Application of North Central Airlines for change in service pattern, 1965.

Involving Minneapolis-Duluth-Madison, Wisconsin; includes Docket No. 12137.

 103.I.4.5B Docket No. 18659: Buffalo-Twin Cities non-stop service investigation, February 24, 1969. 115.E.11.9B Docket No. 19097: Twin Cities-Milwaukee long haul investigation, 1968-1969. 115.E.11.10F Docket No. 19097: Twin Cities-Milwaukee long haul investigation, 1968-1969. 103.I.4.5B Docket No. 19472: Northwest Airlines, Inc. and Pan American World Airways, Inc. Interchange Agreement, September 9, 1968. 105.G.12.1B Docket No. 20087: Braniff Airways, 1967-1969. Docket No. 20154: Northwest Airlines, Baltimore-Washington route, 1968. Docket No. 20267: Twin Cities-Milwaukee-Southeast points investigation, 1968-1970. 4 folders. Docket No. 20305: North Central Airlines, Twin Cities-Chicago service, 1969. Docket No. 20414: Allegheny Airlines, Inc., 1968-1969. Docket No. 20420: Twin Cities-Des Moines-St. Louis subpart M Proceeding, [Ozark Airlines], 1968-1970. 2 folders. Docket No. 20498: Northwest Airlines amendment of certificate of public convenience and necessity, 1968-1969. Docket No. 21011: Texas International Airlines Route 82-F, 1972. Docket No. 21130: Northwest Airlines amendment of certificate of public convenience and necessity, 1969. Docket No. 21132: North Central Airlines, Twin Cities/Kansas City route, 1969. Docket No. 21348: Western Airlines, service to San Francisco/Oakland, 1969-1970. Docket No. 21640: Pan Am, Latin American routes, 1969-1970. Docket No. 22360: Chicago, Atlanta, Jamaica service investigation, 1970-1971. Docket No. 22415: Braniff, Mexico City and Acapulco, 1970. Docket No. 22419: Houston, Monterrey, Mexico City service case, 1971-1972. Docket No. 22871: Latin American Routes stopover authority investigation, 1971. Docket No. 22916: American: Western merger, 1970-1972. 3 folders. Docket No. 23167: Texas: Mexico service investigation, 1971-1972. Docket No. 23371: Allegheny-Mohawk Airlines merger, 1971-1972. 103.I.4.5B Docket No. 23852: Northwest-National Merger Agreement, Rebuttal Exhibits, January 10, 1972. Docket No. 23932: Chicago-Montreal Route Proceeding, United Airlines, September 5, 1975. 103.K.14.4F Docket No. 24576: Allegheny Airlines route realignment, 1972-1974. 2 folders. Docket No. 24735: Ozark Airlines amendment to certificate, 1972-1973. 2 folders. Docket No. 24794: Allegheny Airlines, 1972. Docket No. 25908: Transatlantic Route Proceeding, Wild Card Designation, 1974-1978. 2 folders. 103.I.4.5B 2 volumes. 103.K.14.4F Docket No. 27990: Chicago, New Orleans nonstop route proceeding, 1975-1976. 1 folder. 103.I.4.5B 2 folders, 5 volumes. 103.K.14.4F Docket No. 28848: Improved authority to Wichita, 1977-1978. Docket No. 29186: Memphis-Twin Cities/Milwaukee case, 1976-1978. 1 folder. 103.I.4.5B 1 folder. 103.K.14.4F Docket No. 29910: North Central Airlines, Route 86, 1977-1979. 2 folders. Docket No. 30277: Chicago Midway low fare route, 1977-1978. 103.I.4.5B Docket No. 30614: Twin Cities-Kansas City-Oklahoma-Houston Route, Continental Airlines, October 7, 1977. 103.K.14.4F Docket No. 30699: Oakland Service case, 1977-1979. Docket No. 30790: United States-Benelux low-fare, 1979. Docket No. 31955: Twin Cities-Las Vegas-Phoenix-San Diego route, 1978-1979. 2 folders. 103.I.4.5B 3 volumes. 103.I.4.6F 5 volumes. 103.K.14.4F Docket No. 32126: Twin Cities-Kansas City-Oklahoma-Texas route, 1978-1979. 2 folders. 103.I.4.6F 3 folders, 3 volumes. 103.I.4.7B 6 volumes. 103.K.14.4F Docket No. 32828: North Central Airlines, Route 86F, 1978. 103.K.14.5B Docket No. 33136: North Central/Southern’s Proposed Single Plane Service Over the Twin Cities-Memphis Bridge Segment, 1978-1980. 4 folders. 103.I.4.7B 1 folder. 103.K.14.5B Docket No. 33239: Alaska Airlines, service to northwest via Twin Cities, 1978. Docket No. 33465: Continental-Western merger, 1978-1979. 3 folders. Docket No. 35752: Wild Card Route case, 1973-1980.

Proceedings of the agreement between the United States and Great Britain in 1977 to add a new wild card city for non-stop air service between the U.S. and London.

 4 folders. 127.K.5.1B Northwest: The New London Bridge, Exhibits of Northwest Orient Wild Card Route case, 1977-1979. Direct exhibits of the State of Minnesota and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, August 3, 1979. Docket No. 43754: Northwest-Republic acquisition case, 1986. 3 folders. Minnesota Commuter Air Carrier Demonstration Project, 1976-1980. 5 folders.

This project was to evaluate the concept of providing access to the national air transportation system from semi-isolated communities using a commuter air carrier.

 Detroit Lakes, 1977-1980. 2 folders. Ely, 1976-1980. 2 folders. Intra-State Commuter Air Carrier Reservation System, 1977-1980.