All-cargo charter
On-demand freighter flights where you set the date, the route and the load.
Hebron, Kentucky
737 freighter capacity, built for American shippers.
We're Texel Air North America, a US all-cargo airline based in Hebron, Kentucky, and built around the Boeing 737-800BCF. We're working through FAA certification now. If you'll need narrow-body freighter lift in the US, talk to us early so we can plan around you.
Photo: Texel Air 737 at the hangar door. Matt Wardle for Texel Air.
About us
A new American cargo airline, based in Kentucky.
Starting an airline in the United States takes an FAA air carrier certificate, approved manuals, trained crews and aircraft. That's the work in front of us.
Certificate
FAA Part 121, supplemental
Part 121 is the FAA rule set for airlines. "Supplemental" covers on-demand flying, like charters and all-cargo work, where you set the schedule.
First aircraft type
Boeing 737-800BCF
A 737-800 converted by Boeing into a main-deck freighter. BCF stands for Boeing Converted Freighter.
The work
All-cargo flying
Charter and contract cargo flying for US shippers, forwarders and carriers who need 737 capacity.
Where things stand: Texel Air North America, LLC doesn't hold an FAA air carrier certificate yet, so we don't operate flights or sell air transportation today. We're glad to talk now about what you'll need once we do.
The aircraft
The 737-800BCF. Big door, full main deck.
The 737-800BCF is widely used by express and e-commerce carriers. It's the first type in our plan, and Texel Air has flown 737 freighters since 2014.
Data plate
Boeing 737-800BCF
You load the main deck sideways through the forward cargo door, with two belly holds below.
- Payload
- 50,070 lbs / 22,712 kg
- Range
- 2,025 nm / 3,750 km
- Cargo capacity
- 6,546 ft3 / 185.4 m3
- Main deck volume
- 4,993 ft3 / 141.4 m3
- Main deck door
- 141 x 86.5 in / 358 x 219.71 cm
- Main deck positions
- 11 Code A ULDs at 88 x 125 in each, plus one smaller ULD
Figures from the Texel Air 737-800BCF data sheet. A ULD is a unit load device: the standard pallet or container that locks into the cargo floor.
Also planned
Boeing 737-700 FlexCombi
Cargo and people on the same flight. The FlexCombi carries 24 seats with six pallets, 12 seats with seven pallets, or eight pallets as a full freighter. It was developed with PEMCO of Tampa, Florida, and the FAA certified it for commercial operations in 2020.
What we'll fly for you
Work the 737 freighter does well.
This is the flying we're building toward. All of it starts once the FAA certificate is in hand.
ACMI and CMI
ACMI means we supply the aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance, and fly your network to your schedule. CMI is the same arrangement using your aircraft.
Express and e-commerce
The 737-800BCF is a common choice for overnight express and parcel networks that need a right-sized freighter.
Engines and outsize loads
The 737-800BCF data sheet includes main deck layouts with an engine stand, so a spare engine can fly as cargo.
On the ramp
What 737 freighter work looks like.
Photography: Texel Air.
Talk to us
Planning 737 freighter capacity in the US?
Tell us your lanes, volumes and timing. A person on our team reads every message.
info@texelairna.comOur office
Texel Air North America, LLC2300 Litton Lane
Hebron, KY 41048