North Star Air

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North Star Air
North Star Air Logo.png
C-FVPC Pilatus PC12 of North Star Air at Cambridge Bay Airport.jpg
A Pilatus PC-12 at Cambridge Bay Airport
IATA CDD Call sign
0NBF [1] BLACKFLY [1]
AOC # 11025 [2]
Hubs Thunder Bay International Airport,
Pickle Lake Airport,
Red Lake Airport,
Thompson Airport,
Kapuskasing Airport
Secondary hubs Sioux Lookout Airport
Fleet size15, [3] 18 [4]
Destinations18 [5]
Parent company The North West Company
Headquarters Thunder Bay, Ontario
Key peopleFrank Kelner
Website www.northstarair.ca

North Star Air is a Canadian charter, passenger, and cargo airline with its headquarters in Thunder Bay, Ontario. [6] It maintains a secondary passenger hub in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, and cargo hubs in Pickle Lake, Red Lake, Kapuskasing and Thompson, Manitoba. The airline primarily serves First Nations communities, providing regular service to 18 airports under its "Flex Flight Passenger Service". [5] It also serves other regional destinations on an on-demand basis. Founded in 1997 as a floatplane operator with two DHC-2 Beaver aircraft based in Pickle Lake, the airline has expanded over time and was acquired by new ownership in 2012. In 2015, Cargo North and North Star Air merged under the North Star banner. In 2022, North Star Air opened a new cargo depot in Winnipeg.

Contents

On April 28, 2017, The North West Company announced its purchase of North Star Air for $31 million. [7]

First Nation Community Partners

Destinations

Flex Flight Passenger Services

As of 2023, North Star Air serves the following destinations:: [5]

Fleet

As of March 2024, North Star Air had 15 aircraft registered with Transport Canada but lists 18 on its website. [3] [4]

North Star Air fleet
AircraftNumber
TC list		Number
North Star list		VariantsNotes
ATR 72 45 ATR 72-212A (ATR 72-500) Based at Thompson, freight only [8]
De Havilland Canada Dash 8 —2 Series 100 Combi aircraft, based at Thunder Bay, up to 39 passengers [9]
Douglas DC-3 33 Basler BT-67 Based at Kapuskasing, Pickle Lake, Red Lake and Thompson, freight only [10]
Pilatus PC-12 88 PC-12/45, PC-12/47, PC-12/47E Combi aircraft, based at Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay, up to 9 passengers [11]
Total1518

Bases

References

  1. 1 2 "Domestic Designator and Telephony Assignments" (PDF). Nav Canada. 10 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 27 February 2023. North Star Air: BF, BLACKFLY
  2. ↑ Transport Canada (2 September 2019), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
  3. 1 2 "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for North Star Air". Transport Canada . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Fleet" . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 "Route Map" . Retrieved 20 January 2023. and "Schedules" . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Contact Us - Charter. Passenger. Cargo" . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "North West Company spends $31M to buy its own airline". 29 April 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "ATR 72-500F" . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Dash 8-100" . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Basler BT-67" . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Pilatus PC-12" . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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