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{{Short description|Regional airline that was based in San Juan, Puerto Rico}}
{{For|the Brazilian regional airline of the same name|Avianca Brasil}}
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{{Infobox airline
| airline=Oceanair
| image=[[File:Oceanair1981logo.jpg|150px]]
| caption=Oceanair Logo
| IATA=TJ
| ICAO= -
| callsign= -
| founded= <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}<br />[[City]], [[State/Province]], [[Country]] -->
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| ceased=
| bases=[[Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport]]
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| destinations=[[Cyril E. King Airport]]<br/>[[Henry E. Rohlsen Airport]]
| headquarters=[[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
}}

'''Oceanair''' {{airline codes|TJ}} was a regional airline that was based at [[Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} It competed on domestic routes with [[Prinair]]; and on routes to the [[Virgin Islands]] with Prinair and with [[Aero Virgin Islands]]; using propeller-driven aircraft.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

The airline flew from the late 1970s, when it started flying as '''Trans Commuter Airline''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/tj2.htm|title=Oceanair - Trans Commuter Airline - Trans Commuter Airlines|website= Time Table Images}}</ref> to the mid-1980s.

According to the Oceanair February 15, 1982 system timetable, the airline operated up to thirteen flights a day between San Juan and St. Thomas, up to nine flights a day between San Juan and St. Croix, and two flights a day between St. Thomas and St. Croix.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feb. 15, 1982 Oceanair system timetable |url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref>  The airline was operating 40-passenger [[Fairchild F-27]]s and 10-passenger [[Beechcraft Queen Air]]s at this time.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

==Fleet==
[[File:An F.27 in the Tucson boneyards, Arizona, 1990 (200607888).jpg|thumb|Fairchild F-27, formerly of Puerto Rican airline Oceanair, still bearing that company's livery years after being taken off service]]

The fleet consisted of [[Fairchild F-27]] and [[CASA 212]] turboprops as well as [[Beechcraft Queen Air]] piston-engine [[light aircraft]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

==In popular culture==
Oceanair was featured on [[Los Chicos]]' movie, ''[[Coneccion Caribe]]''.

==See also==
* [[List of defunct airlines of the United States]]
* [[Aeronaves de Puerto Rico]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/tj2.htm Timetable images]
* [http://www.airtimes.com/cgat/usb/oceanair.htm AirTimes timetables]

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