List of airlines of the Northwest Territories

This is a list of airlines of the Northwest Territories which have an air operator's certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority. These are airlines that are based in the Northwest Territories.

Current airlines

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Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) Notes
Air Tindi   8T Yellowknife,
Fort Simpson
Scheduled passenger service, charters. Owned by Discovery Air.[1][2]
Aklak Air   6L AKK AKLAK Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Scheduled passenger service, charters. Part of the Inuvialuit Development Corporation.[3]
Buffalo Airways   J4 BFL BUFFALO Hay River Scheduled passenger service, charters, cargo, aerial firefighting. featured on Ice Pilots NWT.[4]
Canadian North   5T MPE EMPRESS Yellowknife Scheduled passenger service, charter airline[5]
Northwestern Air   J3 PLR POLARIS Fort Smith Scheduled passenger service, charters, cargo[6]
North-Wright Airways   HW NWL NORTHWRIGHT Norman Wells Scheduled passenger service, charters[7]
Summit Air   Yellowknife Charters[8]

Defunct airlines

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Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) Notes
Arctic Sunwest Charters   ARCTIC SUNWEST Yellowknife 1989 – 2013
Bought by the Ledcor Group of Companies and re-branded as Summit Air
Latham Island Airways Yellowknife Water 1988 – 1991
To Air Tindi
NWT Air   Yellowknife 1960 – 1997
To First Air
Trinity Helicopters   Yellowknife ? – 2013
Bought by the Ledcor Group of Companies and rebranded as Summit Helicopters

Other

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Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) Notes
First Air   7F FAB FIRST AIR Yellowknife,
Iqaluit
Scheduled passenger service, cargo, charters[9] Headquarters in Ontario, major airline in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

References

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