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
Secondary hubs Sioux Lookout Airport
Fleet size15, [3] 19 [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 Nations partners

North Star Air partners with eleven First Nations: [8]

Tribal Council First Nations
Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council Deer Lake First Nation
North Spirit Lake First Nation
Poplar Hill First Nation
Matawa First Nations Eabametoong First Nation
Marten Falls First Nation
Neskantaga First Nation
Webequie First Nation
Mushkegowuk Council Kashechewan First Nation
Windigo First Nations Council Cat Lake First Nation
North Caribou Lake First Nation
Sachigo Lake First Nation


Destinations

As of April 2025, North Star Air serves the following Ontario destinations: [5]

Province/territoryCityAirportNotes
Ontario Bearskin Lake First Nation Bearskin Lake Airport
Cat Lake First Nation Cat Lake Airport
Deer Lake First Nation Deer Lake Airport
Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope) Fort Hope Airport
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation (Big Trout Lake) Big Trout Lake Airport
Marten Falls First Nation Ogoki Post Airport
Muskrat Dam Lake First Nation Muskrat Dam Airport
Neskantaga First Nation Lansdowne House Airport
North Caribou Lake First Nation (Weagamow / Round Lake) Round Lake (Weagamow Lake) Airport
North Spirit Lake First Nation North Spirit Lake Airport
Pikangikum First Nation Pikangikum Airport
Poplar Hill First Nation Poplar Hill Airport
Red Lake Red Lake
Sachigo Lake First Nation Sachigo Lake Airport
Sioux Lookout Sioux Lookout Airport Secondary hub [9]
Thunder Bay Thunder Bay International Airport Hub [9]
Wapekeka First Nation Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport
Webequie First Nation Webequie Airport

Fleet

As of April 2025 North Star Air had 15 aircraft registered with Transport Canada but lists 19 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 [10]
De Havilland Canada Dash 8 —4 Series 100/300 Combi aircraft, based at Thunder Bay, up to 39 passengers [11] . Flights are operated by Summit Air.
Douglas DC-3 33 Basler BT-67 Based at Kapuskasing, Pickle Lake, Red Lake and Thompson, freight only [12]
Pilatus PC-12 87 PC-12/45, PC-12/47, PC-12/47E Combi aircraft, based at Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay, up to 9 passengers [13]
Total1519

Bases

North Star Air operates six bases at the following airports: [9] [14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Domestic Designator and Telephony Assignments" (PDF). Nav Canada. 10 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 5 April 2025. North Star Air: BF, BLACKFLY
  2. ↑ Transport Canada (5 April 2025), 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 5 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Fleet" . Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Route Map" . Retrieved 20 January 2023. and "Schedules" . Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  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. ↑ "First Nation Community Partners" . Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 "Airports" . Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "ATR 72-500F" . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Dash 8-100" . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Basler BT-67" . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Pilatus PC-12" . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "North Star Air Ltd. - Cargo Locations". www.northstarair.ca. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
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