Kent Craford
Founder and CEO in regional aviation with deep experience building and operating seaplane and regional air services, including SeaPort Airlines and Alaska Seaplanes, focused on improving regional connectivity in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 40min
Connecting the PNW at SeaPort Airlines with Kent Craford - EP.281
Kent Craford, founder and CEO with deep experience building seaplane and regional air services. He recounts how a Portland–Seattle commute sparked SeaPort, why seaplanes on the Willamette were impractical, and the choice of the PC-12. He discusses pitfalls of subsidy-driven routes, lessons learned from Alaska operations, and the vision for a high-frequency PNW regional commuter network.
