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Air North

Air North Yukon's Airline is an airline based in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. It operates scheduled and charter services throughout the Yukon and Northwest Territories, with extensions to Alaska. Its main base is Whitehorse International Airport.

Air North - History

The airline was established and started operations in 1977 and used Douglas DC-3s and a Douglas DC-4 until recently. It is owned by Joseph Sparling (51%) and Vuntut Development (49%), an arm of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.

Air North has special clearance from NavCanada to land with a 1/4 of a mile visibility. This is especially vitial to service during the winter months when ice fog often accompanies temperatures of -40°C and lower.

Air North - Services

Air North operates the following services (as of July 2005):

• From Whitehorse to:

Calgary, Dawson City, Edmonton, Fairbanks, Inuvik, Juneau, Old Crow and Vancouver.

• From Dawson City to:

Fairbanks, Inuvik, Old Crow and Whitehorse

• From Old Crow to:

Dawson City, Fairbanks, Inuvik and Whitehorse

Air North - Fleet

The Air North fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2005):

• 2 Boeing 737-200
• 3 BAe 748 Series 2A
• 1 Raytheon Beech 99A

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