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Buffalo Airways

Buffalo Airways
Yellowknife base of Buffalo Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
J4 BFL[1] BUFFALO[1]
Founded13 May 1970
AOC #5319[2]
HubsYellowknife Airport
Secondary hubsHay River/Merlyn Carter Airport
Fleet size55 + 2,[3] + 1[4]
Parent companyBuffalo Airways Limited
HeadquartersHay River, Northwest Territories, Canada
Key peopleJoe McBryan (President)
Websitehttp://www.buffaloairways.com/
Joe McBryan (aka "Buffalo Joe")

Buffalo Airways is a family-run airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, established in 1970. Buffalo Airways was launched by Bob Gauchie[5][6] and later sold to one of his pilots, Joe McBryan (aka "Buffalo Joe"). It operates charter passenger, charter cargo, firefighting, and fuel services, and formerly operated scheduled passenger service. Its main base is at Yellowknife Airport. It has two other bases at Hay River/Merlyn Carter Airport and Red Deer Regional Airport. The Red Deer base is the main storage and maintenance facility.[7] The airline is also the subject of the History television reality series Ice Pilots NWT.

  1. ^ a b "ICAO Designators for Canadian Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services" (PDF). Nav Canada. 4 May 2023. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2023. Buffalo Airways: BFL, BUFFALO
  2. ^ Transport Canada (2019-08-30), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ccar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference faa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Hawthorn, Tom (14 January 2009). "Catching up with The Man Who Refused to Die". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Pilot Bob Gauchie's story of how he survived nearly two months in brutally cold wilderness before his rescue". National Post. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ^ Richards, Harley (8 April 2010). "Airport gets shot of reality". Red Deer Advocate. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.

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