[3]: 123–126 Noel and Ralph Wien went into partnership with Gene Miller, and purchased a very used Hisso Standard from the Fairbanks Airplane Co. in 1927.

In June they established their business in Nome, servicing Candle, Deering, Kotzebue, and Point Hope.

At the end of the summer of 1927, Noel went into business for himself, purchasing a Stinson Detroiter he could fly year round, from Hubert Wilkins.

Noel, and his Wien Alaska Airways, started a regular weekly round trip flight between Fairbanks and Nome.

Sig Wien, as a bush pilot, flew contracts for USGS geologic exploration activities including geologist Marvin Mangus.

[7] The front cover of the September 16, 1968 Wien system timetable stated, "Alaska's First Airline with America's Newest Jet the 737".

On December 6 of the same year it received the first 737 certified by Boeing with the gravel kit which enabled operations into remote airfields in Alaska with unpaved runways.

Sig was named chairman, Ray Petersen president, and Noel and Fritz board members.

Household Finance, controlling owners since 1979,[9] then dumped its investment in the airline and sold the company to Wien's President, Jim J.

Noel's son, Merrill, said the end of his family's airline came when it "was bought by a corporate raider on a leveraged buyout and was liquidated for about twice what the stock was selling for.

By the spring of 1984, the Wien route network extended from Barrow (now known as Utqiagvik) in the north to dozens of Alaskan communities as well as to cities in the lower 48 states in the western U.S. including Albuquerque, (ABQ), Boise (BOI), Denver (DEN), Phoenix (PHX), Oakland (OAK), Reno (RNO) and Salt Lake City (SLC).

[14] The OAG lists these no change of plane through flights to Alaska operating a routing of Miami (MIA) - New Orleans (MSY) - Houston (IAH) - Seattle (SEA) - Anchorage (ANC) and from Alaska on a routing of Anchorage - Seattle - Houston - New Orleans with Wien flight crews operating the service between Anchorage and Seattle and Pan Am flight crews operating the Houston, New Orleans and Miami service with Seattle being the interchange point (also known as a "transport hub") between the two airlines.

Noel Wien's sons flew in an open cockpit biplane from Anchorage's 'Park Strip' to Fairbanks on the 75th anniversary of their father's flight.

The following destination information is taken from the March 2, 1984, Wien Air Alaska system timetable route map.

[citation needed] Throughout its existence, Wien Air Alaska has operated many types of aircraft, with the majority of its fleet being propeller-driven.

On November 28, 1984 Wien Air Alaska began bankruptcy proceedings and finally folded on October 25, 1985.

These aircraft were equipped with a large cargo door on the side of the fuselage just aft of the flight deck near the nose of the 737.