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Contract Air Mail Routes of 1929
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Note: Some of these cities do not show up in FS2002, if you have an idea which state they might be in,       
just fly to the nearest field.

 

CAM  1 – New York, NY-Hartford, CT-Boston, MA - Colonial Air Transport - 200 mi. 
CAM  2 – Chicago, IL-Peoria, IL-Springfield, IL-St Louis, MO - Robertson Aircraft Corp (RAC) - 276 mi
CAM  3 – Chicago, IL-Moline, IL-St Jospeh, MO-Kansas City, MO-Wichita, KS-Ponca City, OK-Tulsa, OK-Oklahoma City_ OK-Ft. Worth, TX-Dallas, TX - National Air Transport (NAT) - 1,078 mi
CAM  4 - Salt Lake City, UT(Woodward Field)-Las Vegas, NV-Los Angeles, CA-San Diego, CA - Western Air Express (WAE) - 771 mi
CAM  5 - Salt Lake City, UT-Elko, NV-Boise, ID-Pasco, WA-Seattle, WA - Varney Air Lines (VAL) - 1,028 mi
CAM  6 – discontinued
CAM  7 - discontinued
CAM  8 – Seattle, WA-Tacoma, WA-Portland, OR-Medford, OR-Oakland, CA-San Jose, CA-Fresno, CA-Bakersfield, CA-Los Angeles, CA-San Diego, CA - Pacific Air Transport - 1,238 mi
CAM  9 – Chicago, IL-Milwaukee, WI-Madison, WI-La Crosse, WI-St Paul/Minneapolis, MN – Charles Dickinson - 892 mi
CAM 10 – discontinued
CAM 11 – Cleveland, OH-Youngstown, OH-Pittsburgh, OH – Cifford Ball - 140 mi
CAM 12 – Cheyenne, WY-Denver, CO-Colorado Springs, CO-Pueblo, CO – Colorado Airways - 204 mi
CAM 13 – discontinued
CAM 15 – discontinued
CAM 16 – Cleveland, OH-Akron, OH-Columbus, OH-Springfield, OH-Dayton, OH-Cincinnati, OH-Louisville, KY - Continental Air Lines - 351 mi
CAM 17 - New York, NY-Cleveland, OH-Toledo, OH-Detroit, MI-Chicago, IL - NAT - 736 mi
CAM 18 – Chicago, IL-Iowa City, IA-Cedar Rapids, IA-Des Moines, IA-Omaha, NE-Lincoln, NE-North Platte, NE-Cheyenne, WY-Rock Springs, WY-Salt Lake City, UT-Elko, NV-Reno, NV-Sacramento, CA-San Francisco, CA - Boeing Air Transport - 2,030 mi
CAM 19 - New York, NY-Philadelphia, PA-Baltimore, MD-Washington, DC-Richmond, VA-Greensboro, NC-Charlotte, NC-Spartanburg, SC-Greenville, SC-Atlanta, GA - (1929) Pitcairn Aviation - 803 mi
CAM 20 – Cleveland, OH-Buffalo, NY-Rochester, NY-Syracuse, NY-Rome, NY-Utica, NY-Schenectady, NY-Albany, NY - Colonial Western Airways - 463 mi
CAM 21 – Dallas, TX-Fort Worth, TX-Houston, TX-Galveston, TX - Texas Air Transport - 333 mi
CAM 22 – Dallas, TX-Fort Worth, TX-Waco, TX-Austin, TX-San Antonio, TX-Laredo, TX-Brownsville, TX – Texas Air Transport
CAM 23 – Atlanta, GA-Birmingham, AL-Mobile, AL-New Orleans, LA – St Tammany & Gulf Coast Airways - 488 mi
CAM 24 – Chicago, IL-Indianapolis, IN-Cincinnati, OH - Embry-Riddle Co - 274 mi
CAM 25 – Atlanta, GA-Macon, GA-Jacksonville, FL-Daytona Beach, FL-Orlando, FL-Tampa, FL-St Petersburg, FL-Miami, FL - (1929) Pitcairn Aviation 
(1930) EAT
CAM 26 - Great Falls, MT-Helena, MT-Butte, ID-Pocatella, ID-Ogden, UT-Salt Lake City, UT - National Parks Airways - 509 mi
CAM 27 – Chicago, IL-La Porte, IN-South Bend, IN-Kalmazoo, MI-Grand Rapids, MI-Muskegon, MI-Battle Creek, MI-Jackson, MI-Ann Arbor, MI-Detroit, MI-Pontiac, MI-Lansing, MI—Flint, MI-Saginaw, MI-Bay City, MI  also Detroit, MI-Toledo, OH-Cleveland, OH Thompson Aeronautical Corp - 974 mi
CAM 28 - St Louis, MO-Kansas City, MO-St Joseph, MO-Omaha, NE – Robertson Aircraft Corp - 404 mi
CAM 29 - New Orleans, LA-Beaumont, TX-Houston, TX – Southern Air Transport - 319 mi
CAM 30 – Chicago, IL-Champaign, IL-Terre Haute, IN-Evansville, IN-Nashville, TN-Chattanooga, TN-Atlanta, GA - Interstate Air Lines - 810 mi
CAM 31 – New York, NY-Chicago, IL – shuttle service – Curtiss Flying Service
CAM 32 – Pasco, WA-Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA-Tacoma, WA-Seattle, WA-Spokane, WA - (1929) Varney Air Line *combined with Route 5 

 

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Contract routes of 1934:
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AM  1 – Newark, NJ-Cleveland, OH-Toledo, OH-Chicago, IL-Iowa City, IA-Des Moines, IA-Omaha, NE-Lincoln, NE-North Platte, NE-Cheyenne, WY- Rock Springs, WY-Salt Lake City, UT-Elko, NV-Reno, NV-Sacramento, CA-Oakland, CA - United Air Lines (UAL) - 2720 mi
AM  2 – Newark, NJ-Cleveland, OH-Toledo, OH-Chicago-Iowa City, IA-Des Moines, IA-Omaha, NE-Lincoln, NE-North Platte, NE-Cheyenne, WY-Rock Springs, WY-Salt Lake City, UT-Las Vegas, NV-Los Angeles, CA - Transcontinental & Western - 2609 mi
AM  3 – Fargo, ND-Bismark, ND-Billings, MT-Helena, MT-Spokane, WA-Seattle, WA - Northwest Airways - 1286 mi
AM  4 - Ft Worth, TX-Big Spring, TX-El Paso, TX-Douglas, AZ-Tucson, AZ-Phoenix, AZ-Los Angeles, CA - American Air Lines (AAL) - 1329 mi
AM  5 – Newark, NJ-Philadelphia, PA-Baltimore, MD-Washington, DC-Richmond, VA-Greensboro, NC-Charlotte, NC-Spartanburg, SC-Greenville, SC-Atlanta, GA-Montgomery, AL-Mobile, AL-New Orleans, LA - Eastern Air Lines (EAL) - 1305 mi
AM  6 – Newark, NJ- Philadelphia, PA-Baltimore, MD-Washington, DC-Raleigh, NC-Charleston, SC-Savannah, GA-Jacksonville, FL-Miami, FL - EAL - 1195 mi
AM  7 – Newark, NJ-Scranton, PA-Elmira, NY-Buffalo, NY-Detroit, MI-South Bend, IN-Chicago, IL - AAL - 794 mi
AM  8 – Chicago, IL-Peoria, IL-Springfield, IL-St. Louis, MO-Memphis, TN-Jackson, MS-New Orleans, LA - Pacific Seaboard Air Lines - 1,238 mi
AM  9 – Chicago, IL-Kansas City, MO-Wichita, KS-Ponca City, OK-Oklahoma City, OK-Dallas, TX - Braniff Air Lines - 955 mi
AM 10 – Chicago, IL-Indianapolis, IN-Louisville, KY-Nashville, TN-Chattanooga, TN-Atlanta, GA-Macon, GA-Jacksonville, FL - EAL - 928 mi
AM 11 – Seattle, WA-Tacoma, WA-Portland, OR-Medford, OR-Sacramento, CA-San Francisco, CA-Fresno, CA-Bakersfield, CA-Los Angeles, CA-San Diego, CA - UAL - 1224 mi
AM 12 - Salt Lake City, UT-Boise, ID-Pasco, WA-Seattle, WA - UAL - 1029 mi
AM 13 - Salt Lake City, UT-Las Vegas, NV-Los Angeles, CA-San Diego, CA - General Air Transport - 778 mi
AM 14 – Washington, DC-Pittsburgh, PA-Akron, OH-Cleveland, OH-Detroit, MI - Central Air Lines - 457 mi
AM 15 – Amarillo, TX-Wichita Falls, TX-Ft. Worth, TX-Austin, TX-San Antonio, TX-Corpus ChristiM TX-Brownsville, TX - Long & Harmon - 1125 mi
AM 16 – Chicago, IL-Milwaukee, WI-Madison, WI-Rochester, WI-Minneapolis, MN-Fargo, ND-Grand Forks, ND-Pembina, MB - Hanford Tri-State Air Lines (HAL) - 772 mi
AM 17 – Cheyenne, WY-Denver, CO-Colorado Springs, CO-Pueblo, CO - Wyoming Air Service (WAS) - 201 mi
AM 18 – Boston, MA-Newark, NJ - AAL - 201 mi
AM 19 - Salt Lake City, UT-Ogden, UT-Pocatello, ID-Butte, MT-Helena, MT -Great Falls, MT - National Parks Airways - 517 mi
AM 20 - New Orleans, LA-Baton Rouge, LA-Lake Charles, LA-Beaumont, TX-Houston, TX - Robertson Airplane Service Co - 337 mi
AM 21 – Boston, MA-Albany, NY-Rochester, NY-Buffalo, NY-Cleveland, OH - AA - 612 mi
AM 22 – Cleveland, OH-Akron, OH-Columbus, OH-Dayton, OH-Cincinnati, OH-Louisville, KY-Nashville, TN - AA - 470 mi
AM 23 – Newark, NJ-Philadelphia, PA-Baltimore, MD-Washington, DC-Roanoke, VA-Knoxville, TN-Nashville, TN-Memphis, TN-Little Rock, AR-Texarkana, AR-Dallas, TX-Ft Worth, TX - AA - 1460 mi
AM 24 – Charleston, SC-Columbia, SC-Augusta, GA-Atlanta, GA-Birmingham, AL-Meridian, AL-Jackson, MS-Monroe, LA-Shreveport, LA-Ft Worth, TX - Delta Air Lines - 1087 mi
AM 25 – Washington, DC-Charleston, WV-Cincinnati, OH-Indianapolis, IN-Chicago, IL - AA - 679 mi
AM 26 - St Paul, MN-Minneapolis, MN- Sioux Falls, IA-Sioux City, IA-OmahaM NE-St. Joseph, MO-Kansas City, MO - HAL - 902 mi
AM 27 – Boston, MA-Bangor, ME - National Airways - 410 mi
AM 28 – Billings, MT-Sheridan, WY-Casper, WY-Cheyenne, WY - WAS - 405 mi
AM 29 – Pueblo, CO-Las Vegas, NM-Santa Fe, NM-Albuquerque, NM-El Paso, TX - Varney Speed Lines - 530 mi
AM 30 – Chicago, IL-Peoria, IL-Springfield, IL-St. Louis, MO-Springfield, MO-Tulsa, OK-Oklahoma City, OK-Dallas, TX-Ft Worth, TX - AA - 914 mi
AM 31 – Daytona, FL-Orlando, FL-Lakeland, FL-Tampa, FL-St Petersburg, FL - Franklin & Baker - 158 mi
AM 32 – Detroit, MI-Lansing, MI-Grand Rapids, MI-Muskegan, MI-Milwaukee, WI - Pennsylvania Air Lines - 265 mi
AM 33 - Honolulu, HI-Molokai, HI-Maui, HI-Kona, HI-Hilo, HI- Inter-island Airways - 333 mi
 
                last update 17 October, 2006