Great Lakes Aviation (GLUX) 10-Q 2006 Q3 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (the Company) for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Charles R. Howell IV, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: November 14, 2006	By:	/s/ Charles R. Howell IV
		Charles R. Howell IV
		Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)