Flight Status & Tracker

N253TA

TALON AIR SERVICE INC · DRF → SXQ · Last tracked Sep 27, 2026

N253TA is a flight number operated by TALON AIR SERVICE INC between Drift River Airport (3AK5) and Soldotna Airport (PASX). SkyMeter last tracked N253TA on September 27, 2026. The flight is most often flown by a CESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1. Typical block time is 0h 35m. SkyMeter has observed 578 legs of this flight number via ADS-B.

SkyMeter tracks historical flight activity from ADS-B data — this is not a live gate-to-gate status feed.

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FLIGHTS
578
last 90 days
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AVG DURATION
35m
tracked time
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SERVICE PERIOD
6/1/2025 → 9/27/2026
first → last seen
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ROUTES / TYPES
34 / 1
city pairs · airframes
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INCIDENT RATE
18.2%
105 flagged

Routes flown

By count · last 90 days

10
3AK5 → PASX
116
avg 21m · Drift River → Soldotna
L85 → PASX
37
avg 2h 2m · Mackeys Lakes Seaplane Base → Soldotna
5AK0 → PASX
30
avg 14m · Trading Bay Production → Soldotna
L85 → PAEN
20
avg 2h 31m · Mackeys Lakes Seaplane Base → Kenai
2VI2 → PAEN
15
avg 19m · Redoubt View Seaplane Base → Kenai
2VI2 → PASX
13
avg 18m · Redoubt View Seaplane Base → Soldotna
3AK5 → PAEN
6
avg 31m · Drift River → Kenai
L85 → AA16
4
avg 1h 36m · Mackeys Lakes Seaplane Base → Treasure Chest
3K0 → AA16
3
avg 10m · Skilak BLM Helistop → Treasure Chest
5AK0 → PAEN
3
avg 1h 27m · Trading Bay Production → Kenai

Aircraft types

Equipment used on this number

1
C208 CESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
731

Safety profile

Flagged flights · last 90 days

Go-arounds
0
Unstable approach
105
Rejected TO
0
Stall warnings
0
Overspeeds
0
Runway excursion
0
Counts represent flights with at least one occurrence of each flag, not the total event count. See /incidents for individual events.

Recent flights

Newest 30 operations of N253TA

30
N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
→
9/27/2026
21m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/27/2026
12m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
→
9/27/2026
13m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
→
9/27/2026
13m
△ Low approach-stability score
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
→
9/27/2026
43m
△ Low approach-stability score
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
→
9/27/2026
13m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/26/2026
4m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/26/2026
4m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
→
9/26/2026
10m
△ Low approach-stability score
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
→
9/26/2026
13m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/25/2026
10m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/25/2026
6m
△ Low approach-stability score
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/25/2026
7m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/25/2026
12m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/24/2026
20m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/24/2026
10m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/24/2026
14m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/24/2026
4m
△ Low approach-stability score
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/24/2026
4m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/23/2026
13m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/22/2026
14m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/21/2026
13m
△ Low approach-stability score
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/21/2026
13m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/21/2026
39m
△ Low approach-stability score
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/21/2026
10m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/20/2026
10m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/20/2026
13m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/20/2026
18m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/19/2026
19m
No alerts
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N253TACESSNA Cessna 208 Caravan 1
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9/19/2026
5m
No alerts
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