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About Cape Air
Cape Air is a regional airline from the United States. Its airline codes are 9K (IATA) and KAP (ICAO). Cape Air operates from Billings (BIL), Boston (BOS), Hyannis (HYA), Martha's Vineyard (MVY) and 2 more. The fleet includes the Britten-Norman Islander, Cessna 402 and Tecnam P2012 Traveller.
Cape Air recruits its own pilots. Pilot vacancies are published on a careers portal, linked in the profile on this page. The requirements listed on this page cover licence, flying hours, medical certificate and right to work. This page sets out the selection in 2 stages.
The two phases
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Safety review by hiring committee
Where to train for Cape Air
2 flight schools have a published link with this airline. Each entry says what the link is and who states it.
Rocky Mountain CollegeBillings, United StatesRecruitment partnerAccording to the school
University of Dubuque – AviationDubuque, United States · Cape Air Preferred Hiring GatewayRecruitment partnerAccording to the school
Cape Air at a glance
- IATA / ICAO
- 9K / KAP1
- Country
- United States
- Hubs
- Billings (BIL), Boston (BOS), Hyannis (HYA), Martha's Vineyard (MVY), Nantucket (ACK), San Juan (SJU)1
- Fleet
- Britten-Norman Islander, Cessna 402, Tecnam P2012 Traveller1
What does Cape Air ask of pilots?
- Licence
- Captain: ATP multi-engine land; PIC and First Officer: FAA commercial multi-engine with instrument rating4
- Hours
- Captain: 1,500 total time (500 cross-country, 100 night, 75 instrument, 50 multi-engine PIC); PIC: 1,200 total; First Officer: 500 total time4
- Medical
- First Class Medical4
- Right to work
- Valid passport required4
- 1Cape Air (Wikipedia) · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 2Cape Air website · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 3Cape Air Pilot Careers · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 4Cape Air Pilots | Requirements · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 5Cape Air | Pilot Programs Overview · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 6FAQs | Cape Air Pilot Careers · accessed 11 Oct 2026
- 7Training | Cape Air Pilot Careers · accessed 11 Oct 2026
