Northway Aviation Ltd is a Canadian bush airline providing scheduled and charter passenger and freight service from

St. Andrews Airport Winnipeg/St. Andrews Airport or St. Andrews Airport is a general aviation facility located north northeast of Winnipeg, in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada. In 2011 it was Canada's 16th busiest airport by aircraft moveme ...

, St Andrews,

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, Canada utilizing both wheel and

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equipped aircraft. The 22-minute Canadian

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, '' Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth'', made in 1980 by the

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(NFB) and directed by

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and Robert Lower, is about the early days of Northway Aviation and Canadian

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History

Northway Aviation was established and started charter operations in 1962, and is owned and operated by the Johnson family. Northway once operated out of

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(wheels and skis) and Willow Island (floats). The floatplanes eventually moved to the

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in Riverton. Operations out of

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began in the 1980s and relocated to St. Andrews and Pine Dock in the 1990s.

Destinations

Northway Aviation provides scheduled services to thirteen

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communities in Manitoba and

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and charter services throughout North America:Flight Schedule
/ref> *Manitoba ** Berens River First Nation (

Berens River Airport Berens River Airport is located adjacent to the mouth of Berens River, Manitoba, Canada and serves the Berens River First Nation. The airport serves several small local airlines including Kitchi Airways, Northway Aviation, Lakeside Aviation, and ...

) ** Bloodvein First Nation (

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) ** Garden Hill First Nation (

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) **

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) ** Manto Sipi Cree Nation (God's River) (

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) ** Little Grand Rapids First Nation (

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) ** Oxford House (

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) **

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) **

Red Sucker Lake First Nation Red Sucker Lake (Oji-Cree language, Oji-Cree: Mithkwamepin Thaakkahikan, ᒥᐢᑾᒣᐱᐣ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) is an Oji-Cree First Nations in Canada, First Nation in Manitoba, Canada, located about northeast of Winnipeg. , the registered popula ...

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) ** Rural Municipality of St. Andrews (

) ** St. Theresa Point First Nation ( St. Theresa Point Airport) *Ontario **

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Fleet

Northway Aviation operates a small fleet of

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s and Grand Caravans.Our fleet
/ref> In 2015, Northway Aviation purchased a Pilatus PC12-47 EFIS single engine turboprop. Two more PC-12s have been added to the fleet since then. Previously flown aircraft are: * Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander * Cessna 180 *

Cessna 185 The Cessna 185 Skywagon is a six-seat, single-engined, general aviation light aircraft manufactured by Cessna. It first flew as a prototype in July 1960, with the first production model completed in March 1961. The Cessna 185 is a high-winge ...

Cessna 207 The Cessna 205, 206, and 207, known primarily as the Stationair (and marketed variously as the Super Skywagon, Skywagon and Super Skylane) are a family of single-engined, general aviation aircraft with fixed landing gear, used in commercial air ...

* Cessna Grand Caravan *

DHC-2 Beaver The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined high-wing propeller-driven short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft developed and manufactured by de Havilland Canada. It has been primarily operated as a bush plane and has been used ...

DHC-3 Otter The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. It was conceived to be capable of performing the same roles as the earlier and h ...

GippsAero GA8 Airvan The Mahindra Airvan 8 (formerly the GippsAero GA8 Airvan 8) is a single-engined utility aircraft manufactured by GippsAero (formerly named Gippsland Aeronautics) of Victoria, Australia. It can seat up to eight people, including the pilot. Th ...

Noorduyn Norseman The Noorduyn Norseman, also known as the C-64 Norseman, is a Canadian single-engine bush plane designed to operate from unimproved surfaces. Distinctive stubby landing gear protrusions from the lower fuselage make it easily recognizable. Intr ...

* Pilatus PC-12 * Piper PA-31Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: History Search Result
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Notes

External links

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SAS Lodges information about Northway Aviation

Official video presentation
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