Carrier profile · USDOT 601866 · MC-289934 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Airline Transportation Specialists Inc

23 power unitsavg 11.1 yrNational · 20 statesEAGAN, MN74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-289934 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

23Power units

23 observed · MCS-150

24Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.1Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(651) 675-0277 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average46.2% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record4 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 31 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1995.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo46.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

23 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.1 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

31 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1995 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

6 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 46.15% on 13 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
6 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent May 9, 2026.

Safety

42 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 46.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 4.1 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

42 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 5

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 23-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 23
Inspections · 24 mo: 42
Annualized: ≈21 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’20 · 2 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Great West’95–’16

Northland’16–’20

beyond this history

1995200320112019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 2 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2020

All 2 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2016 → Jul 2020	$1M	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 1995 → Dec 2016	$1M	9

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 1, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 23
Observed power (24 mo): 23
Trailers (towed): 24

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.1 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

72.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 20 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 1, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

GA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Georgia: 5 inspections
Arkansas: 5 inspections
Kentucky: 4 inspections
South Dakota: 3 inspections
Mississippi: 3 inspections
Oklahoma: 3 inspections
California: 2 inspections
Minnesota: 2 inspections
Louisiana: 2 inspections
Illinois: 2 inspections
South Carolina: 2 inspections
Kansas: 1 inspections
Virginia: 1 inspections
Michigan: 1 inspections
Alabama: 1 inspections
Iowa: 1 inspections
Wisconsin: 1 inspections
Nebraska: 1 inspections
North Dakota: 1 inspections
Colorado: 1 inspections

Home base

EAGAN, MN

3030 LEXINGTON AVE STE 150

Most inspections: GA

5 inspections

GA 5 · AR 5 · KY 4

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 1, 2026

Last 12 months: 3 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3769949 USDOT 3169682Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (13 trucks · 14 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 269495 USDOT 3106861 USDOT 3169682 USDOT 2252809 USDOT 3392414 USDOT 1430510 USDOT 2404536 USDOT 3769949

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 1, 2026

Location

Physical address: 3030 LEXINGTON AVE STE 150, EAGAN, MN, 55121
Mailing address: PO BOX 21344, EAGAN, MN, 55121
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (651) 675-0277
Fax: (651) 675-0276
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: airlinetransport.com

Registration

Officer: Thomas J Medved
USDOT / docket: 601866 · MC-289934
First registered: May 17, 1995
Last MCS-150: May 11, 2026 · 2,200,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 18, 2010
D-U-N-S: 5632625

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,200,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 2, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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46%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

6 of 13 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

54violation records

8OOS-tagged records

6 of 13inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

244%1 / 24

Other vehicle maintenance

1155%6 / 11

Hours of service

60%0 / 6

Lights

60%0 / 6

Brakes

50%0 / 5

Driver fitness

250%1 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

100%

15%

30%

67%Nov 24 to May 252 / 3

67%May 25 to Nov 252 / 3

17%Nov 25 to May 261 / 6

100%May 26 to Nov 261 / 1

Top 3 codes (9 of 54 records)

392.16-D Failure to use seat belt3
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3

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393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components3
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
383.51A-SIN Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
383.71H Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
392.16 Failure to use seat belt1
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.22A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.22B-DFPWD Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.2FT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2W State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
392.9A2 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.104F3 Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LCHL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipment1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.70B1I-CDFWFMI-MT20 Coupling devices / fifth wheel1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9 Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.24C2II-ELDTN ELD — record edits / data1
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data1
396.3A1 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-OAL Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1B Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS INC.

AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS INC (USDOT 601866) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 1, 2020 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 46.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier received 42 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 13 vehicle-level and 42 driver-level — across 20 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier has 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It reports 23 power units and 23 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 11, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 18, 2010 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS INC's USDOT number?

AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS INC's USDOT number is 601866, and its motor carrier number is MC-289934.

Is AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026. AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS INC's safety record?

AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALISTS INC has a 46.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 67 roadside inspections, with 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).