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North-Wright Airways

North-Wright Airways or North Wright Air is an airline based in Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada. It operates commuter services to several communities in the Northwest Territories as well as charter services. Their main base is Norman Wells Airport and they also operate the Norman Wells Water Aerodrome which is used for floatplane operations.

History

North-Wright Airways was established in 1986 and was previously known, since 1979, as Nahanni Air Services and North Wright Air.

Destinations

As of July 2024, North-Wright Airways serves the following destinations:

Fleet

As of July 2024, North-Wright operates at least nine aircraft and has sixteen registered with Transport Canada:

Several of the above aircraft types can be configured for floatplane operations from lakes or rivers in addition to being operated as landplanes using conventional runways or airstrips.

Accidents

  • On 16 August 2006, a Cessna 337, C-FWHP, was flying from Fort Good Hope Airport to Norman Wells with one pilot and five passengers. The wreckage was found about east of Fort Good Hope. All passengers and the pilot were killed.
  • On 20 May 2010, the wing of a Cessna 207, that was flying at a low altitude at Fort Good Hope Airport hit another North-Wright pilot. The pilot on the ground, William Bleach, who was filming at the time, died three days later. Parker James Butterfield, who was flying the C207, was sentenced to nine months and suspended from flying for two years.

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