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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001019687-09-002527.txt : 20090717
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090717163504
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001019687-09-002527
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090713
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090717
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090717

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CUSHMAN DANIEL H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001233278

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15057
		FILM NUMBER:		09951185

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 188
		CITY:			TONTITOWN
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72770

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000798287
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213]
		IRS NUMBER:				710633135
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		297 WEST HENRI DE TONTI BLVD
		CITY:			TONTITOWN
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72770
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4793619111

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		297 WEST HENRI DE TONTI BLVD
		CITY:			TONTITOWN
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72770
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-07-13</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000798287</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PTSI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001233278</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CUSHMAN DANIEL H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>PO BOX 188</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TONTITOWN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AR</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>72770</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Douglas C. Buford, Jr., as power of attorney for Daniel H. Cushman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-07-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>cushman_poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>

EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of C. Douglas Buford, Jr., Heather M. Bell and Larry Goddard,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

      (1)   prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
            behalf, and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange
            Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and
            any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and
            passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with
            the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
            Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

      (2)   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
            capacity as an officer and/or director of P.A.M. Transportation
            Services, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including
            amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
            Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any
            other forms on reports the undersigned may be required to file in
            connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or
            disposition of securities of the Company;

      (3)   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
            which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
            Form 3, 4, or 5 (including amendments thereto), or other form or
            report, and timely file such form or report with the SEC and any
            stock exchange or similar authority; and

      (4)   take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
            foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
            benefit to, in the best interest of , or legally required by, the
            undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
            attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
            of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
            conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
            attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of the power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 14th day of July, 2009.

                                             /s/ Daniel H. Cushman
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Signature

                                             Daniel H. Cushman
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Printed Name

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