Item Information
Category: Clothing / Uniforms
Date: 1972-1984
Satin Gold pilot cap badge. Center has light blue enamel on top, white waves, medium green on the bottom.
From personal collection.
Pilot Cap Badge
Marco Island Airways Ephemera
Below you will find all of the Marco Island Airways Ephemera in this collection. Click each post for more information about each item. If you have an item that is not available here and would like to donate a copy (physical or digital), please contact us. Contributions are always appreciated!
Pilot Wings
Item Information
Category: Clothing / Uniforms
Date: 1972-1984
Satin Gold pilot wings. Center has light blue enamel on top, white waves, medium green on the bottom.
From personal collection.
“Marco Airways offers you the rhythm of the Bahamas with Great Bahamas Get-Away Packages”
Item Information
Category: Marketing
Source: Ft. Myers News-Press
Date: July 15th, 1984
Newspaper ad promoting Marco [Island] Airways Bahamian "Get-Away" flight/hotel packages. This is post-Air Florida collapse, and pre-PBA merger.
From personal collection
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“The Tampa Express”
Item Information
Category: Marketing
Date: February 1st, 1981
This is a promotional flyer promoting Marco Island Airways service to Tampa, FL (TPA/KTPA).
From the collection of David P. Henderson / Sunshine Skies
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Terminal Map Card: Tampa & Miami
Item Information
Category: Miscellanea
Date: October 15th, 1980
Double-sided card showing the terminal layouts of both Tampa International (TPA/KTPA) and Miami International (MIA/KMIA) airports.
From personal collection.
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Publicity Photos
Item Information
Category: Miscellanea
Date(s): 1975
South Florida in 1975: groovy girls, stylish uniforms and classic airliners!
These wonderful photos come to us courtesy of Thresa Todd, who worked for Marco Island Airways in the 1970s. These lovely ladies are modeling Marco Island Airways’ colorful uniforms with a Martin 404 as the backdrop. Aside from capturing the upbeat spirit and bold fashions of the mid ’70s commuter airline industry, these photos remind us just how big those “little” Martin 404s actually were. Thanks again to Thresa Todd for providing this great look back at a long gone era!
The aircraft pictured is N967M (14149), built in 1952. It had previously flown with Eastern Airlines and Southern Airways before entering service with Marco Island Airways in 1973. Two of Marco’s Beechcraft B-99s can be seen in a couple of the photos.
From the collection of David P. Henderson / Sunshine Skies by way of Thresa Todd
Above & Below: Left to right: Marcy, Mindy, Thresa.
Above & Below: Left to right: Mindy, Thresa, & Marcy.
“Low Cost, Joint Fares”
Item Information
Category: Marketing
Source: The Naples Daily News
Date: January 11th, 1974
Newspaper schedule-style ad listing the flight schedule between Miami, FL (MIA/KMIA) and Marco Island, FL (MRK/KMRK) as well as joint fares with Braniff, Delta, National, Northwest, Trans World, and United Airlines.
From personal collection
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“Serves Naples, Florida… at the lowest fares available, via Marco Island Airport.”
Item Information
Category: Marketing
Source: The Naples Daily News
Date: June 15th, 1973
Advertisement promoting Marco Island Airport (MRK/KMRK) as an alternative to Naples, FL Airport (APF/KAPF).
From personal collection
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“What’s fair is fare!”
Item Information
Category: Marketing
Source: The Naples Daily News
Date: March 30th, 1973
Newspaper advertisement promoting Marco Island Airways joint fares with Eastern Airlines.
From personal collection
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“5 Round-Trips Daily”
Item Information
Category: Marketing
Source: The Naples Daily News
Date: January 12th, 1973
Newspaper service-style ad promoting Marco Island Airways' 5 round-trip daily flights between Miami, FL (MIA/KMIA) and Marco Island, FL (MRK/KMRK)
From personal collection
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“The New Way To Fly …”
Item Information
Category: Marketing
Source: The Naples Daily News
Date: December 8th, 1972
Newspaper ad promoting Marco Island Airways' new service between Marco Island, FL (MRK/KMRK) and Miami, FL (MIA/KMIA).
From personal collection
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“We’ve Got A Good Thing Going … And Coming Back!”
Item Information
Category: Marketing
Source: The Naples Daily News
Date: October 24th, 1972
Newspaper flight schedule style advertisement promoting Marco Island Airways' summer 1972/73 schedule.
From personal collection
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Header photo – copyright © Mike Hoffmann