List of original DC-3 operators

List of Douglas DC-3 operators
A DC-3 with Wright Cyclone engines, built in 1938 for Australian National Airways

The List of Douglas DC-3 operators lists only the original customers who purchased new aircraft.

With the availability of large numbers of surplus military C-47 Skytrain or Dakotas after the Second World nearly every airline and military force in the 1940s and 1950s operated the aircraft at some point. At the end of the 20th century and into the 21st century the Douglas DC-3 is still in commercial operation.

Contents 1 Commercial operators 2 Military operators 3 See also 4 References

Commercial operators

 Australia

• Airlines of Australia
• Australian National Airways (ANA)

 Belgium

• Sabena

 Czechoslovakia

• Československa Letecka Spolecnost (ČLS)

 Ireland

• Aer Lingus

 Netherlands

• KLM

 Peru

• PANAGRA^[1]

 Romania

• LARES

 Sweden

• AB Aerotransport

 Switzerland

• Swissair

 United States

• American Airlines
• Braniff Airways
• Capital Airlines - the only purchaser of the DC-3S Super DC-3 post-war variant^[2]
• Chicago and Southern Air Lines
• Colonial Airlines
• Delta Air Lines
• Eastern Air Lines
• Northwest Airlines
• Pan American World Airways
• Pennsylvania Central Airlines
• Transcontinental & Western Air
• United Airlines
• Western Air Express

 Venezuela

• Línea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV)

Military operators

 United States

• United States Army Air Corps/United States Army Air Forces

Includes aircraft built for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force but taken over before delivery following the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies^[3]

• United States Navy

See also

• List of Douglas C-47 Skytrain operators

References

• O'Leary, Michael (1992). DC-3 and C-47 Gooney Birds. Osceola, Wisconsin: Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-87938-543-X. 
• Pearcy, Arthur (1987). Douglas DC-3 Survivors. Bourne End, Buckinghamshire: Aston Publications. ISBN 0 946627 13 4.