The U S Air Mails
CAM 1 - Boston-New York - Colonial Air Transport - 200 mi CAM 2 - Chicago-St Louis - Robertson Aircraft Corp (RAC) - 276 mi CAM 3 - Chicago-Dallas - National Air Transport (NAT) - 1,078 mi CAM 4 - Salt Lake City-San Diego - Western Air Express (WAE) - 771 mi CAM 5 - Salt Lake City-Seattle - Varney Air Lines (VAL) - 1,028 mi CAM 6 - Newark-Miami discontinued CAM 7 - Newark-Chicago discontinued CAM 8 - Seattle-San Diego - Pacific Air Transport - 1,238 mi CAM 9 - Chicago-St Paul - Northwest Airways - 892 mi CAM 10 - Chicago-Jacksonville discontinued CAM 11 - Cleveland-Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania Air Lines - 140 mi CAM 12 - Cheyenne-Pueblo - WAE - 204 mi CAM 13 - Salt Lake City-San Diego discontinued CAM 14 - Washington DC-Detroit discontinued CAM 15 - Amarillo-Brownsville discontinued CAM 16 - Cleveland-Louisville - Continental Air Lines - 351 mi CAM 17 - New York-Chicago - NAT - 736 mi CAM 18 - Chicago-San Francisco - Boeing Air Transport - 2,030 mi CAM 19 - New York-Atlanta - (1929) Pitcairn Aviation - 803 mi (1930) Eastern Air Transport (EAT) CAM 20 - Albany-Cleveland - Colonial Western Airways - 463 mi CAM 21 - Dallas-Galveston - Texas Air Transport (TAT) - 333 mi CAM 22 - Dallas-Brownsville - TAT - 547 mi) CAM 23 - Atlanta-New Orleans - Gulf Coast Airways - 488 mi CAM 24 - Chicago-Cincinnati - Embry-Riddle Co - 274 mi CAM 25 - Atlanta-Miami - (1929) Pitcairn Aviation - 777 mi (1930) EAT CAM 26 - Great Falls-Salt Lake City - National Parks Airways - 509 mi CAM 27 - Bay City-Chicago - Thompson Aeronautical Corp - 974 mi CAM 28 - St Louis-Omaha - RAC - 404 mi CAM 29 - New Orleans-Houston - Gulf Coast Airways - 319 mi CAM 30 - Chicago-Atlanta - Interstate Air Lines - 810 mi CAM 31 - Jacksonville-St Petersburg discontinued CAM 32 - Pasco-Seattle - (1929) VAL* - 449 mi CAM 33 - Honolulu-Hilo discontinued CAM 33 - Atlanta-Los Angeles ** - Southern Air Fast Express - 2,375 mi CAM 34 - New York-Los Angeles ** - Transcontinental & Western - 3,333 mi * consolidated with CAM 5 July 1, 1930 ** operations began Oct 1930
(Photo: Michael Allard coll)
AM 1 - Newark-Oakland - United Air Lines (UAL) - 2720 mi AM 2 - Newark-Los Angeles - Transcontinental & Western - 2609 mi AM 3 - Fargo-Seattle - Northwest Airways - 1286 mi AM 4 - Ft Worth-Los Angeles - American Air Lines (AAL) - 1329 mi AM 5 - Newark-New Orleans - Eastern Air Lines (EAL) - 1305 mi AM 6 - Newark-Miami - EAL - 1195 mi AM 7 - Newark-Chicago - AAL - 794 mi AM 8 - Chicago-New Orleans - Pacific Seaboard Air Lines* - 1,238 mi AM 9 - Chicago-Dallas - Braniff Air Lines - 955 mi AM 10 - Chicago-Jacksonville - EAL - 928 mi AM 11 - Seattle-San Diego - UAL - 1224 mi AM 12 - Salt Lake City-Seattle - UAL - 1029 mi AM 13 - Salt Lake City-San Diego - General Air Transport - 778 mi AM 14 - Washington-Detroit - Central Air Lines - 457 mi AM 15 - Amarillo-Brownsville - Long & Harmon** - 1125 mi AM 16 - Chicago-Pambina - Hanford Tri-State Air Lines (HAL) - 772 mi AM 17 - Cheyenne-Pueblo - Wyoming Air Service (WAS) - 201 mi AM 18 - Boston-Newark - AAL - 201 mi AM 19 - Salt Lake City-Great Falls - National Parks Airways - 517 mi AM 20 - New Orleans-Houston - Robertson Airplane Service Co - 337 mi AM 21 - Boston-Cleveland - AA - 612 mi AM 22 - Cleveland-Nashville - AA - 470 mi AM 23 - Newark-Ft Worth - AA - 1460 mi AM 24 - Charleston-Ft Worth - Delta Air Lines - 1087 mi AM 25 - Washington-Chicago - AA - 679 mi AM 26 - St Paul-Kansas City - HAL - 902 mi AM 27 - Boston-Bangor - National Airways - 410 mi AM 28 - Billings-Cheyenne - WAS - 405 mi AM 29 - Pueblo-El Paso - Varney Speed Lines - 530 mi AM 30 - Chicago-Ft Worth - AA - 914 mi AM 31 - Dayton-St Petersburg - Franklin & Baker*** - 158 mi AM 32 - Detroit-Milwaukee - Pennsylvania Air Lines - 265 mi AM 33 - Hawaii - Inter-island Airways - 333 mi * became Chicago & Southern Air Lines ** acquired by Braniff *** became National Airlines |