Airline-dle
Puzzle #53 was Kalitta Air.
Kalitta Air is an American cargo airline headquartered at Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. The company operates international scheduled and cargo charter services. Its call sign "Connie" is from its founder, Connie Kalitta.
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What the record says
Puzzle 53 ran on 2 Sep 2026 and the answer was Kalitta Air, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Country - United States; Region - North America; Status - defunct; Alliance - none. The numbers: Founded - 1960.
Beyond the grid the record adds Callsign - CONNIE; Codes - K4 / CKS.
Airline-dle builds its record from OpenFlights - Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 and Wikidata - CC0 1.0 (region, founding decade, alliance, hub, headquarters). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia summary excerpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- United States
- Region
- North America
- Status
- defunct
- Founded
- 1960
- Alliance
- none
Also on the record
- Callsign
- CONNIE
- Codes
- K4 / CKS